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ensecher1 (s.xii3/4)
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ensecher1 (s.xii3/4)

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enseccher,  ensecchier,  ensecchir,  ensechier,  ensechir,  ensecir,  enseichir  (ansecher,  enserche  Nov Narr 130)  
  FEW:  assiccare 25,533a Gdf:  ensechier 3,229b GdfC: ∅ TL: ensechier 3,509 DEAF:  sechier (ensechier)  DMF:  ensécher  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to dry, remove moisture from, cause to become dry: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  lavez cel poudre byen, et pus le ensechez al solayl  Alchimie 383.26
♦to dry out, make (liquids) evaporate: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [...] Pus le ansechez sur lent fu  Alchimie 379.1

v.intrans.

to dry up, lose natural or inherent moisture: 
( MS: s.xiii )  aret: enseccher  TLL i 132
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  la branche [...] ensecche par dedenz et perd la moestesce de la grace Dieu  Ancren1 123.28
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (a good man) quamque purchace en mal moisture de veyn loenge en ensechist al solail de veritee  BOZ Cont 89
♦ (of a body of water) to dry up, run dry: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il (=the river Tigris) enseche en yver e deseche en esté  Rom Chev ANTS 6839
♦to dry out, harden, solidify: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  Sovent avient par surporter de aler a chambre ke la viande i ensechist  Med Treatise 150.77
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E lungement sun cors y just E ensechi cum table dure  S Fran ANTS 3617

p.p. as a.

1(of meat, fish, etc.) dried, preserved by drying: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  mil charges de pesson ensecchi  TREVET Cron1 228.19
2withered: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un bon hume out un ceryser, Ensechy esteyt, ne pout porter Foylle ne flour  S Fran ANTS 8589

See also:

assecher  desecher1  essecher  secher1 
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