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ente (s.xii3/4)
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ente (s.xii3/4)

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pl. entis  
  FEW:  *imputare 4,611b Gdf:  ente 1 3,251a GdfC: ∅ TL: ente 3,561 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  ente 1  TLF:  ente 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  enta 781a

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1bot.graft, shoot inserted and allowed to grow on another stock: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Bon ente en bon estoc deit bien fructifier  Becket1 4818
♦bot.trees(grafted) fruit-tree: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Severins les (=Alexander’s gifts in fee) resceit par la branche d’une ente  Rom Chev ANTS 4795
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1 )  Saver devez q’il est de pecché Com de l’ente qe est de novel enté  Serm DTC Shrift 88
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  florisseit com flor sor ente  Ross ANTS 1546
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  jofnes entes l’em enviroune e ceint d’espines  Ancren2 135.13
2bot.(fresh) shoot, branch: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  surculos: (R) lé petites entes  Gloss Nequam1 253.160
( MS: s.xiv )  surculus: ente  Gloss Garland 174
( MS: s.xiv ) surculus: gallice ente  TLL ii 61
3fig.stock, descent: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Vraie vigne de roial ente (=J.C.)  Ross ANTS 1473
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