cointoier (c.1275)
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cointoier (c.1275)

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[ FEW: 2/i,843b cognitus; Gdf: 2,175a cointier /2,176a cointoier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,544 cointier /2,545 cointoiier; DEAF:  cointe; DMF:  cointoyer; TLF: ∅; OED:  quaintise v.; MED:  queintisen v.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
quointoier  

v.a.

1aggrandize, praise: 
( MS: s.xiv )  Qi faus e fel e fol escout e trop les quointoie  (C) 21

v.refl.

1to be adorned: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xivex )  […] la soie Dont ceste robe (=B.V.M.’s) se quointoie  3652
cointer 
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