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decurement (s.xii1)
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decurement (s.xii1)

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decorement,  decourement  
  FEW:  currere 2/ii,1572b Gdf:  decorement 1 2,447c GdfC: ∅ TL: decorement 2,1260 DEAF:  corir (decorement)  DMF:  découremeent  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  decursus 2 582b

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1geog.course (of stream): 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  le fust qe planté est pres les decouremens des ewes  Oxf Ps2 8ra
♦flow: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  le decourement de salive  Secr anon 11.89
♦med.(of menstrual blood) flow: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Quant la feme a trop flors, se torne a grevement, Solonc l'auctor l'apele de sanc decorement  A-N Med ii 86
2fig.emotionuncertainty, anxiety: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  (God) ne durrat en parmanabletet decurement (Latin: fluctuationem) al juste  Camb Ps 54.24

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decure 
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