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denaturelement (s.xiii)
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denaturelement (s.xiii)

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desnaturément  
  FEW:  naturalis 7,51a Gdf:  desnaturelement 2,614c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  naturel (denaturelement)  DMF:  dénaturellement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1unnaturally: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  tuz ceus ke denaturelement se assemblent nes a lur femmes espuses  Comm RTMS 228.25
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  ceo qe n’est pas masché [...] demeort dedenz le cors e purrit desnaturément, dunt plusurs sunt periz  HENLEY2 338
2in unfriendly fashion, unlawfully: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  pur ceo ne voldroit il tener les ditz covenauntz [...] mes denaturelement et tortuosement [...] enfreyna la peas  Anon Chr1 58.28
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