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contrefaiture (c.1245)
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contrefaiture (c.1245)

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controfaiture,  cuntrefaiture  
  FEW:  facere 3,350b Gdf:  contrefaiture 2,273c GdfC: ∅ TL: contrefaiture 2,795 DEAF:  faire (contrefaiture)  DMF:  contrefaiture  TLF: ∅ OED:  counterfeiture n.  MED:  contrefaiture n.  DMLBS:  contrafactura 472a

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1counterfeiting: 
( 1415 )  en prisone et garde, pur la controfaiture, tonsure […]  Rot Parl1 iv 82
2deformity: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Atant es vus ke la char morte S’estent e laschent les junctures, S’adrescent les cuntrefaitures  S Edw paris ANTS 1988
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