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converser (1121-25)
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converser (1121-25)

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comverser;  cumverser,  cunverser,  cunversier  (cuverser)  
  FEW:  conversari 2/ii,1132a Gdf:  converser 2,287b GdfC:  converser 9,190b TL: converser 2,817 DEAF:  converser  DMF:  converser  TLF:  converser 1  OED:  converse v.  MED:  conversen v.1  DMLBS:  conversari 480b

v.intrans.

1to dwell, stay: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  vos covient el monde ovrer Tant com i devez converser  Salemon 308
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  En un lungtaing pais lungement conversai  GUISCH 1177
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Leu (=wolf) estrange ne poet durer Pres d’iluec ne cunverser  S Modw 310
♦to live: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Nus sumes ci vint e .iiij.; Ci conversum en cest atre  S Brend mup 718
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Normendie cest nun retint, Pur ceo que Normant la poplerent, Ki en la terre cumverserent  Rom de Rou wace i 164.74
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un frere abbé qui conversout A Toncestre en abbeie  S Audree1 2095
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Quant lunges i (=in Knaresburgh) out conversé Si se est encuntre lit cuché  Mirur3 8119
2to mingle, have dealings: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Quant entre les clers converse, robe avra cumunal  Becket1 574
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cohoperiat: (D) cuverset (l. cunverset)  Gloss Nequam1 243
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Ci mainnent e conversent mut riches marchanz ki vunt entre orientaus e occidentaus  Iter paris 179
( 1369 )  entrecomuneront et converseront et marchanderont les gentz d’une coustee et d’autre franchement et paisiblement  Rot Scot i 933
♦euph.to have sexual relations: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  converserent ansemble longament, N’orent amfant, peiset lur en formant  S Alexis1 21
( c.1188-95; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Od sa bele muiller puis cunversad Adans; Par la volented Deu ad engendrez enfanz  Creation 151
3to gather, accumulate: 
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Devant en la front converset le sanc  A-N Med ii 259

v.refl.

eccl.monasticto enter the monastic life: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  la celle ou li ami Dé De primes se fut conversé  Dial Greg SATF 3690

p.pr. as a.

resident, residing: 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 )  E la furent li apostle cunversant  Iter paris 77
( 1292 )  joe suy clerk conversant a les escoles  YBB 20-21 Ed I 297
( 1378 )  Cetezeins et d’autres venantz ou conversantz illoeqes  Rot Parl1 iii 41
conversant vers
conversant, familiar with: 
( c.1260; MS: c.1275 )  estranges ke ren ne sevent del jugement ne nent sunt conversaunt vers cele curt  Casus Plac 100

p.pr. as s.

resident, dweller: 
( 1388 )  sibien a les inhabitantz et conversantz es dites citees  Stats ii 59 xiii

sbst. inf.

living together: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Commune avuns del converser, De vendre ensemble e d’acater  Salemon 773
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