ententif (s.xii2/4)

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ententif (s.xii2/4)

[ FEW: 4,740a intendere; Gdf: 3,258a ententif; GdfC: ; TL: 3,583 ententif; DEAF:  entendre (ententif); DMF:  ententif; TLF: ; OED:  intentive a.; MED:  ententif a.; DMLBS: 1427c intentivus ]

pl. ententis  

a.

1assiduous, diligent, applying one's full attention
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dui angele entor le cors descendent, Mut ententif, qui l’arme =the soul atendent  1376
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Quant Artur les vit tuz seanz, Tuz ententis e tuz taisanz [...]  10776
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E aussi le verrez vous pur vous garder ententif e curious  15.76
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  ke ententive garde prengent ke tote vostre maysnee dedenz e dehors seyt leale  400
( MS: s.xiii2 )  sedulus: (D) ententif  ii 18.1777
earnest
( s.xiv3/4; MS: s.xiv3/4 )  il le lessa achaper par la ententive requeste De grauntz seyngnurs, qe prierent qe il ne copast la teste  146
intent
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Pur ço k’il velt que plus entende Ço dun ententif plus le rende  4428
estre ententif a
1to be assiduous, sedulous in
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) [...] que a ssun servise plus ententif seient qu’al derrein jor parmanablement od lui regner puissent  266.2.5
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  e fu bons gaaigneors et a gaaignerie ententif  204
( MS: s.xiiex ) frere pareçus ki atende a usdives choses u a fables e n’est ententif a leçun  i 28
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  A s’oreison fut ententive  115663
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ententif fu al Deu servise  706
estre ententif de
1to be bent on
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly uns est ententif de l’autre damager  7435
to take care to
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  Comaundez ke vostre mareschal ententif soyt de estre present sur la mesnee  404
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  jeo ne sui mye si ententif come jeo deusse estre de conoistre mon coer a droit  123
estre ententif que
1to take care that
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  A co seyez ententive ke jescun jur a vostre manger eyez overtement [...]  402
tentif 
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