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denaturel (s.xiii3/4)
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denaturel (s.xiii3/4)

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denatural;  desnaturel,  desnatural  
  FEW:  naturalis 7,51a Gdf:  desnaturel 2,614b GdfC: ∅ TL: desnaturel 2,1655 DEAF:  naturel (desnaturel)  DMF:  dénaturel  TLF: ∅ OED:  disnatural adj.  MED:  disnatural adj.  DMLBS: ∅

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1unnatural, perverse: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  fornicatiun, avuterie, incest, denatural peché  Pecchez 210rb
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Ele (=the soul) est isci en desnaturel liu en estrange regne enparkee  Ancren2 230.24
2devoid of natural feeling, heartless, cruel: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  [...] puis qe fiz sont si desnatureux a piere e a miere com l’em veit de jour en jour  BOZ Cont 156
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  tant fu denatureux et cruel q’il tua et evugli et decopa les aliez sa mere  TREVET Cron1 248.12
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  coment le dit count avoit esté inobesaunt a soun seignur lige et desnaturel devers luy  Anon Chr1 155.3
( 1415 )  le plus coulpable et desnaturel creature que unqes il (=God) fourma  Reg Chich ii 64

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tresdenaturel 
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