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deperir (s.xii1)
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deperir (s.xii1)

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deperier,  deperire;  desperir,  disperir  (depirir  YBB Ed II viii 15,  desperer ),
ind.pr.3 depart,  deperist,  depert,  depiert; 
pret.3 deperirent; 
fut.3 deperira; 
fut.6 deperirunt; 
cond.3 deperireit; 
sbj.pr.3 deperisse; 
p.p. deperi  
  FEW:  deperire 3,44b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  deperir 9,306a TL: deperir 2,1417 DEAF:  deperir  DMF:  dépérir  TLF:  dépérir  OED:  disperish, dispersh v.  MED:  disperishen v.  DMLBS:  deperire 616c

v.intrans.

to perish, come to ruin: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) [...] mais li maldisant a lui deperirunt (Latin: maledicentes autem ei disperibunt)  Oxf Ps ANTS 63.36.23
lawto invalidate, be defeated: 
( 1304 )  checune accion q’il avoyt est deperi  YBB 32-33 Ed I 283
( 1306 )  si ne deperira point vostre bref  YBB 33-35 Ed I 381
deperir a
1law(law) to be lost: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  rien accrest par tiel doun as heirs le purchaceour ne rien ne deperist as heirs le donour  BRITT i 265
( 1341 )  Rien depert au Roi par cest enquest  YBB 15 Ed III 65
( 1346 )  si le Roi en ad dreit, rien luy depert  YBB 20 i Ed III 491
2lawto be disadvantageous (to): 
( 1313-14 )  nounsute rescever nous deperireit  YBB Ed II viii 167
( 1314 )  par ceste averement rien vous disperia (l. disperira)  YBB Ed II xvi 111
( 1319 )  Rien ne put desperer (var. deperir ; deperire ; desperir ) a altre par cest averement  YBB Ed II xxiv 20

See also:

perir 
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