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enclarer (s.xiii/xiv)

enclarer (s.xiii/xiv)

enclarier,  enclarir  
  FEW:  clarus 2/i,740b Gdf:  enclarir 3,105a GdfC: TL: enclarir 3,208 DEAF:  cler (enclarir)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  inclarescere 1298b

v.trans.

1 to light up, make bright
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Assit etiam nimphula cuius facies thalamum serenet (gloss: enclareit)  TLL i 182.65 and ii 69.65
2 to make clear, clean
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm ) Pur lez oilz enclarer et oster la tecche et lé garir  Med Comp ANTS 13.396

v.intrans.

to thin out
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Quod si hoc nostre orationis crepusculum, pene nubibus clarescentibus (gloss: (D) enclarissant), serenius quam querebas tibi videatur  TLL i 176.93 and ii 52.93
to clarify, become clear
( MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Si la lessez boyler un poy longement, et pus la lessez enclarier, et pernez la clere e la fetez boyler ovek un quaterun de litarge de argent en poudre  Alchimie 396.72

See also:

aclarer  clarer  enclarcir  esclarer 
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