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

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

v.trans.

1to release: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  solunc ceo k’out en corage L’anel li tent e lui degage  S Osith 1600
2lawto replevy: 
( 1304 )  prie de estre reseu a defendre soun tenement e a desgarger le  YBB 32-33 Ed I 247
3lawto release against security: 
( 1292 )  e prit les leveres (=greyhounds) cely e cely, e les degaga  YBB 20-21 Ed I 57
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  (In an attack on Dover) Normaunz et Pikarz, qe forfet avoynt, Furent degagez  LANGTOFT thiol2 293.676
( MS: c.1310 )  par quei il (=beasts) sount emparkez et degagez  Nov Narr 206
4to eject, turn out: 
( 1294 )  ausi tost cum ele fut trové si fut ele destorbé e degagé  YBB 21-22 Ed I 427

See also:

engager  gager 
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