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enbeverer (1155)
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The form enbeivrer is a cross reference to the following entry:

enbeverer (1155)

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embevrer;  enbeiverir,  enbeivrer;  enbeverir,  enbevrer;  enboirer,  enboiverer; 
p.p. embeveré,  enbeveri,  enbevré  
  FEW:  abbiberare 24,25a Gdf:  embevrer 1 3,30a GdfC: ∅ TL: embevrer 3,44 DEAF:  embevrer E108 DMF:  emboivrer  / embreuver  TLF:  embrever  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to give to drink to: 
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Kant avoie feim, vus me peustes, E kant avoie seif, vus m’enbeverastes  Dial Jul 1898
♦fig.to give to drink to: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  jeo espoir q’elle me eit visitee de sa grace e enboiree (var. (C: s.xivex) enbevree) de les preciouses boires  Sz Med1 159
♦to slake someone’s thirst: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Neis uncore en sa grand seif, Nel poez vous enbeverer. Amer beivir li fu doné  Plaintes Vge 91.713
♦livestockto water (cattle etc.): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  ly Greu lur olifanz a l’ewe enbevererent  Rom Chev ANTS 5778
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de totes autres communes, si cum de foyer, pescher, enbeverer, chacer  BRITT i 395
2to fill (with liquid): 
( c.1200; MS: c.1300 )  Le hanap ad descoverclé  (ms. descoverte), Del vin l’a primes enbeivré  Desiré2 574
♦to imbibe, make absorb (liquid): 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  de cel eawe enbeverez une unce de calce ovorum  Alchimie 381.15
♦fig.to inundate (with): 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Coment sa (=J.C.’s) grant douzor endure D’estre embevree de leidure  Ross ANTS 2810
3weaponsto plunge, sink (a blade): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  l'espee en l'escu cola E si parfund i enbevra Que Cesar ne l'en pout sachier  Brut WACE 4064
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Enz en l’escu le brant cula, Desqu’en la bucle l’enbevera  Waldef BB 3776

v.absol.

to give to drink: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  en les chanals des ewes ou l’en doit enboiverer  TREVET Cron1 19.1

v.intrans.

1to drink: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  li lions e li urs, les tigres e li sengler Vendront a l’avespre[e] a cel[e] ewe abeiverer (var. (P: c.1310) a beverer), Ly dragon e li serpent beiverer e desporter  Rom Chev ANTS 4892
2to steep, become saturated with liquid: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pernez leine ové la fume, si en feitez une pelote et la metez enz et la lessez bien enbeverer  Med Recs 214.84

p.p. as a.

drunk, inebriated: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Ivere vus voi e abeveré  Waldef BB 16629
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Jo sui ja tant enbeverez Ke ben sui veir eniverez  Enfances 1889
enbeveré de
1steeped in: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  si doynt le chien enmy la vys de cel ewispilon enbeveri de l’amertez de sa urine  BOZ Cont 33
2fig.filled, intoxicated with: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Tant fu il enbevré del charnel ardur [...]  Vitas 1208

sbst. inf.

livestockwatering (of cattle): 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Aucunes nusaunces [...] sicum de encrés de curtilage sour commune, ou de wayour, et de enbeverer as bestes  BRITT i 279

See also:

abeverer  beverer1  enbeivre  enbeverour 
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