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[encortir] (c.1141)
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[encortir] (c.1141)

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encourter,  encurter  
  FEW:  curtus *2/ii,1587a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  cort 2 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  incurtare 1318a

v.trans.

temporalto shorten, cut short: 
( 1332 )  si est acordé [...] qe [...] homme puisse esloigner ou encourter le temps  Rot Parl1 ii 65

v.intrans.

temporal to become shorter: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) E Deus acorcera Le tens qu’il regnera: Li an acurterunt E come mois serrunt, Semaines a estors Encurterunt en jurs, E jurs acurterunt, En hores revendrunt  Sibile 948

See also:

acortir  cort2  escortir 
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