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desveement1 (1216-25)

desveement1 (1216-25)

deveement  
  FEW:  *reexvagus 10,186a Gdf:  desveement 2,677a GdfC: TL: desver (desveement) 2,1816 DEAF:  resver (*)  DMF:  desveement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

1unreasonably, madly
( 1216-25; MS: s.xiiim )  li reis se curusat desveement  23.12
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  (people will not believe the nun's vision, calling it an invention) desveement contretrové novelement  235
2impetuously
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  plus deveement envairent lor enemis, ausi com s’il feussent reposez  24.1
3fast and furiously
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  les darz descendent plus deveement en les subjez  97.6
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