degager (c.1200)
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degager (c.1200)

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[ FEW: 17,443b *waddi; Gdf: 2,591a desgagier; GdfC: 9,337a desgagier; TL: 2,1597 desgagier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  dégager; TLF:  dégager; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
desgager;  degajer,  desgarger  

v.a.

1to release: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  solunc ceo k’out en corage L’anel li tent e lui degage  1600
2lawto replevy: 
( 1304 )  prie de estre reseu a defendre soun tenement e a desgarger le  32-33 Ed I 247
3lawto release against security: 
( 1292 )  e prit les leveres (=greyhounds) cely e cely, e les degaga  20-21 Ed I 57
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  (In an attack on Dover) Normaunz et Pikarz, qe forfet avoynt, Furent degagez  293.676
( MS: c.1310 )  par quei il (=beasts) sount emparkez et degagez  206
4to eject, turn out: 
( 1294 )  ausi tost cum ele fut trové si fut ele destorbé e degagé  21-22 Ed I 427
engager  gager 
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