1to change the nature of:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii1
)
(the wolf which had guarded the saint’s head) Idunc al bois est repairé [...] Ne volt estre desnaturé
1063
1to lack natural feeling, behave unnaturally:
(
c.1185
)
[...] a tuz dis mais vus dei amer, Se ne me voil desnaturer
9246
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
tant desnaturé se sunt Que le bien leissent e mal funt
8801
(
1273-82;
MS: s.xivex
)
Le quor certes se denature Que tiel dolor sanz doel endure
651
1unnatural, perverse:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
tote rien s’esjoist fors cil desnaturé
97 (var.)
2med.abnormal:
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Et por ce que li sanc est tot desnaturés Nel poet cor retenir, en haine est tornez
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denaturer (s.xii3/4)