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desaffermer (1273-82)

desaffermer (1273-82)

desafermer;  disaffermer  
  FEW:  affirmare *24,251b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  afermer (desafermer)  DMF:  desaffermer  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to unfasten
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Les treis clous desaffermoient, Le corps de la croix avaloient  Ross ANTS 4078
2lawto disaffirm, negate
( 1314 )  çoe serreit a desaffermer ceo qe avaunt ces houres avetz affermé en court qe porte recorde  YBB Ed II xvi 171
( 1341 )  uncore ne serra le jugement affermé ne desaffermé  YBB 15 Ed III 469
( 1346 )  Vous avetz eu la vewe, et par taunt la descente affermé, par quei a desaffermer la descente ne serrez resceu  YBB 20 ii Ed III 389
( 1413 )  triours d’array ount resceu [...] diversez sommes d’ore [...] pur affermer les ditz arraiez ou desaffermer  Rot Parl1 iv 11
3lawto defeat, destroy
( 1308-09 )  Ceo est un r[espouns] a defere quanqe vous avez dist et desaffermer vostre dreit a estre receu  YBB Ed II ii 8
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