conjection (c.1380)

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conjection (c.1380)

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF:  conjection; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 441b conjectio ]
conjeccione,  conjecione;  congeccion,  congeccione  

s.

1conjecture, supposition
( 1409-10 )  Purveux toutefoitz qe les persones qe conspireront […] aient tiel punisement ordeignez […] pur lour nient veritables congeccions  iii 628
2scheming
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  en defense de nostre dite meisone vers lez malveises ymaginaciones et conjecciones cautelouses […]  388
( 1399 )  coveytises, conjections, enemytés & envies  iii 436
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