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defunct (c.1240)
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defunct (c.1240)

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defuncte,  defunz;  deffunct; 
pl. deffuncs  (deffunt)  
  FEW:  defunctus 3,30b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  defunt 9,290c TL: defunt 2,1302 DEAF:  defunt  DMF:  défunt  TLF:  défunt  OED:  defunct adj., n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

deceased, late: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  nos beinfeturs u morz u defuncz  Religious Life 270
( 1317 )  pur la quele chose il selebrant checun jour eu dit leu une messe pur les deffuncs predecessors du Roi  GR iv 579a
( 1405; MS: s.xv1 )  un burgois [...] nommé P. M., deffunct  Lett & Pet 397.17
( 1435 )  par la victorieuse conqueste de deffunt prince de noble memoire  Lett Rois 424

s.

deceased (person): 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Pur le defunz chaunta un jur [...]  Mir N-D 202.51
( c.1432 )  une langue de serpent, [...], ouveré de la racine qui estoit la devise dudit defuncte  Bedford Inventories C257
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