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[ FEW: 8,156b pejor; Gdf: 3,62a empirement; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,108 empirement; DEAF: pejor (empirement); DMF: empirement; TLF: ∅; OED: impairment n.; MED: empeirement n.; DMLBS: 1243c impejoramentum ]

apairement, apeirement, apirement; appairement, appeirement, appoirement; empairement, empairment, emperrement, empirement, empiremient, empirment; enpeirement, enperement, enpierment, enpirement

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1impairment, deterioration:

( 1319 ) Homme n’enquerra mye de vostre amendement, einz de vostre appairement (var. empirment) Ed II xxv 87

♦damage:

( 1379-80 ) reward pur le gast et appairement de lour attil iii 86

♦detriment:

( 1316 ) a empeirement de bone saunté des corps des gentz 239.4

♦harm, injury:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) il preit a sun fiz Vortimer Qu'aler les en laist quitement Senz faire plus d'empeirement 7120

( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 ) Certes, el men empirement Nen ert le vostre amendement 1468

( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) (God) Ne volt pas tun empeirement 280.124

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Deus aeime e cherist tute gent Senz querre lur empeirement 14748

2finan.curr.debasement (of coinage):

( 1373 ) soit celle monoye issint empiré mys a meindre pris, selonc la quantité de l’empirement ii 318

a, en (le) empeirement de

1to the detriment of:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Nul provost [...] ne deit suffrir [...] ke eles (=dairymaids) ne aportent hors furmages [...] en le apeyrement de la daerie, ne en decrés del furmage 278.c43

( 1373 ) a grant destourbance de lour marchandie et enpierment de lour estat i 116

sanz empeirement

1unimpaired, without damage:

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) les vestimentz en queux il fu enterré furunt trovez entiers et sanz empeirement 244.1

( 1343-50 ) .i. corporeaux [...] blaunke e entier saunz ascun enpirement 38

aler par empeirement

1to degenerate, get worse:

( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii² ) Einz se plie a chescun vent [...] Et tut vait par enpeirement 16

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) le moton nus aprent un autre lesson de aler par amendement, e nient par apirement (var. (B: c.1330) empeirement) 177

turner a empeirement

1to degenerate, get worse:

( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii^ex ) (why the nun shouldn't reveal her vision to everybody:) Li siecles a enperement est turné 252

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