dilaciun (c.1230)
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dilaciun (c.1230)

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  FEW:  delatio 3,32a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  dilacion  DMF:  délation  TLF:  délation  OED:  delation n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  delatio 599b
dilation  

s.

1delation, informing: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Ne poet aver en la maisun Offense ne meprisun Ke jo tuit sanz dilaciun Bien ne le sache  6939
2lawexcuse: 
( 1381 )  q’ils [...] retournassent al dit vendredy, toute excusation ou dilation cessante  iii 113
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