deception (c.1136-65)

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deception (c.1136-65)

  FEW:  deceptio 3,24a Gdf: GdfC:  deception 9,279b TL: decepcïon 2,1243 DEAF:  decepcion  DMF:  déception  TLF:  déception  OED:  deception n.  MED:  decepcioun n.  DMLBS:  deceptio 572c
decepçon  

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1deceit, deception
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Tant unt en els deceptions, E de Dampnedé questions, Ke nen est nuls hom en terre Ki lor boisdie sace enquerre  3649
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  As deus freres fist pais par grant deception, Et li frere le firent par bonne entention; Mez la paiz lor torna a grant confussion, N'avoient du roi garde qu’il feist traison  i 20.147
( 1330 )  par engin & deception de malveises gentz  ii 55
2quibble, captious objection
( MS: s.xiii )  cavilla: ankelbon, kivil, decepçon  166
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