desembucher (s.xiii1)
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desembucher (s.xiii1)

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[ FEW: 15/ii,29b *busk-; Gdf: 2,575a desembucher; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1561 desembuschier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  desembûchier; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
desembuscher;  desenbucher,  desenbuscher  

v.refl.

1mil.to emerge, come out of ambush: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Cil qui furent en aguait sei desembuscherent  ii 35
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Atant s’en sunt [tres]tuit armez De lur aguait desenbuchez  946
♦fig.to emerge (from): 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  E pur ceo ert mestier grant ke il sei desenbuschast de sa occulte deité  i 9
desbuscher 
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