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conserver (1284)
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conserver (1284)

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conservier  
  FEW:  conservare 2/ii,1065b Gdf:  conserver 2,253b GdfC:  conserver 9,165b TL: conserver 2,735 DEAF:  conserver  DMF:  conserver  TLF:  conserver  OED:  conserve v.  MED:  conserven v.  DMLBS:  conservare 449a

v.trans.

to preserve: 
( 1284 )  ke il guarente e conserve a ly e ses successours […]  PONTISSARA ii 668.20
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  (the recommended herbs) le soun des oreiles e toutz complexions conservant  (ms. conservient)  A-N Med ii 209
( 1377 )  qe la immunité de Seinte Eglise […] soit […] conservez  Rot Parl1 iii 27
( 1403 )  je pry et requere a ly tout-puissant Dieux de vous toutdis conservier en prosperité et lesse, ové encrese de pleisance et victorie de touz voz enemys  Roy Lett Hen IV i 151
( 1410-15; MS: c.1415-20 )  Celluy qu’est trois et un vous conserve en prosperité  SAMPS1 421
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