encombler (1329-30)
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encombler (1329-30)

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  FEW:  cumulare 2/ii,1527a Gdf:  encombler 3,110b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  combler (encombler)  DMF:  encombler  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

v.a.

1to pile up, make a heap of: 
( 1365 )  l’ewe suisdite [est] de son cours estopp[ee] par sables queux les ditz gortes encomblent entre eux  252
♦fig.to accumulate, gather: 
( 1329-30 )  tant com vous avez plus usee plus avez encomblé l’un tort sur l’autre  3-4 Ed III 49
acombler  combler 
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