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despointer (1303)
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despointer (1303)

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despointier  
  FEW:  punctum 9,590b Gdf:  despointer 2,632c GdfC: ∅ TL: despointier 2,1708 DEAF:  point (despointier)  DMF:  dépointer  TLF:  dépointer 2  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  dispunctuare 692c

v.trans.

to balk, thwart: 
( 1303 )  se aucun ou pluseur […] voleint despointier, empescher ou troubler les ditz rois  Engl Dip Pract  499
( 1303 )  si le dit Roy d’Almaigne […] vouloit […] movoir guerre au dit Roy d’Engleterre […] en despointant, empeschant ou troublant iceli Roy d’Engleterre […]  Foedera1 i 958
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