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enaguser (c.1270)
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enaguser (c.1270)

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enaguzier  
  FEW:  *acutiare 24,126b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to goad, prick: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  stimulat: enaguse  TLL ii 4
( MS: s.xiii2 )  stimmula(n)t: enaguset  TLL ii 7
2to sharpen, render tart or pungent: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  E pus seit purgé ové yerapigra enagusé ové la poudre de la racine de licoriz  A-N Med ii 167.125

p.p. as a.

fig.sharpened, enlivened: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (the soul) Ke einz fu boistuse e come chargee Enaguzié est e sutillee  Secr abernun 1941

See also:

agucer 
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