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enginement (s.xiiim)
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enginement (s.xiiim)

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engeinment,  engignement  (engeniement  ii 76,  engnoinement i 137.3767)  
  FEW:  ingenium 4,686b Gdf:  engignement 3,169b GdfC: ∅ TL: engignement 3,384 DEAF:  engin (engignement)  DMF:  engignement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

fraud, deceit: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ne poet conceivre par nul engignement Femme nesune sans fleur apparisant  ii 76.23
( 1325 )  fist celui enfaunt enceler cele chartre par engeinment et compassement  i 435
♦trick: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fraunceys […] Aparceut la engynement Ke le Maufé A lachesce le voleyt attrere  2018
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