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

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[ FEW: 4,686b ingenium; Gdf: 3,169b engignement; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,384 engignement; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  engignement; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
engeinment,  engignement,  engeniement  ii 76  

s.

1fraud, 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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