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assewer (c.1245)
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assewer (c.1245)

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assever;  asewer;  ensewer  
  FEW:  *exaquare 3,258b Gdf:  essever 3,571c GdfC: ∅ TL: essever 1 3,1303 / assever 1,592 DEAF:  essever 1  DMF:  essever  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  esseware 807b / essewerare 807c / exaquare 826a

v.trans.

agriculturalto drain off: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  lez terres remuer e fosser pur lez terres asecher e lez ewe [sic] asewer  HENLEY2 282.c54
♦to drain, empty (a body of water): 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  La voil k’il sa iglise estore, Mais primes asseve la more  S Edw paris ANTS 1776
( 1293 )  le estang fut dechey […] e le viver assewé  YBB 20-21 Ed I 417
( MS: c.1305 )  abati une sale […] et assewe .ij. vivers  Nov Narr 15

sbst. inf.

draining, emptying (of a body of water): 
( 1329-30 )  […] par l’assewer del viver  YBB 3-4 Ed III 795

See also:

ensecher1 
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