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comparer2 (1390-1412)
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comparer2 (1390-1412)

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comparoir;  comperer  
  FEW:  comparere 2/ii,970b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  comparoir 9,137c TL: comparoir 2,622 DEAF:  comparoir  DMF:  comparoir 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  compear v.  MED:  comperen v.  DMLBS:  comparere 403b

v.intrans.

lawto appear (in court or Parliament): 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  pur vous somener de comparer en propre persone en le dit eschequer  Lett & Pet 264.191.9
( 1405 )  As quelles jour et place ne compereront nullez commissairs, ne deputez pour la partie de vostre dit adversaire  Roy Lett Hen IV ii 39
( 1434 )  et derrenierement de la journee et convencion, qu'on esperoit tenir a Calaiz, laquele n'a esté tenue par ce que [ceulx de la] partie adverse ne ont volu comparoir  (ms. comparue)  Engl Dip Pract  137

p.pr. as a.

nient comparant
nientcomparant
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