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conceivement (1212)

conceivement (1212)

concevement  
  FEW:  concipere 2/ii,1008a Gdf:  concevement 2,217a GdfC: TL: concevement 2,651 DEAF:  concevoir (concevement)  DMF:  concèvement  TLF: OED:  concevement n.  MED: DMLBS:

s.

1conception, beginning of pregnancy
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  E Deus oit bien sa (=Rebecca’s) proiere, Si lui dona conceivement  Dial Greg SATF 2263
( MS: s.xiii1 )  De la rosee ki descent Prent li naisel conceivement  Lapid 194.1192
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Femme que est trop crasse ne fait conceivement  A-N Med ii 102.719
2beginning, origin
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Engarder deit trestot premerement De quel viltage il ad comencement (var. (L : c.1300) contentement (l. conceivement?))  Rom rom 118 (var.)

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concepcion 
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