enfosser (1302)
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enfosser (1302)

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  FEW:  fossa 3,739b Gdf:  enfosser 3,156c GdfC: ∅ TL: enfosser 3,357 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  enfosser  / enfossé  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

v.a.

1geog.to surround with a ditch: 
( 1302 )  Sur ce [...] sont venuz vos ministres e unt la nostre commune [...] encloses e enfossees  i 155

p.p._as_a.

1pathol.med.(of an abscess) entrenched, deep: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Checun felun, ou il est neir […] ou il est enfossé  30.250
( MS: s.xv )  Pur felun quaunt yl est enfossé [...]  150.E352
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