enter2 (c.1192)
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enter2 (c.1192)

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  FEW:  *imputare  Gdf:  enter 1 3,259a GdfC:  enter 1 9,482a TL: enter 3,584 DEAF:  enter  DMF:  enter  TLF:  enter  OED:  enté a.  MED:  ente a.  DMLBS: ∅
anter;  entir  

v.a.

1to graft, insert (a shoot, scion, etc.) into the stem or trunk of another plant to form a union: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Habeat artavum quo surculos excecat et eosdem arboribus oculandis inserat gloss: entit (var. (C: s.xiii2) entet )si opus fuerit  i 186.160 and ii 115.160 and ii 76.160
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1 )  Saver devez q’il est de pecché Com de l’ente qe est de novel enté  88
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Homme en verger creker ente (M.E. ymputh)  223
2to set, inset (a precious stone): 
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Sur le paleis ad deus pomels [...] En chescun nus avum enté Deus escarbucles  133.Y666
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  Et li frere B. ausi Dont li ainsnez portoit ensi De ermine au chief rouge endenté De trois molettes de or enté  121.884
3 implant, embed: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  en l'escu l'a feru Amirez Par teu vertu k'en sun frunt l'at entez  1736
♦fig.to implant: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  ta parole douze et fine Est ore entee en sa poitrine  1628
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] si nus seoms [...] en ceste vie entez a la semblance de la mort Jesu Christ  123. 19
4to patch together: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  sarciat: (F) anter  259

inf._as_s.

1bot.(action of) grafting, inserting a shoot shoot or scion into the stem or trunk of another plant to form a union: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  oculandis: a enters  ii 89
ente#1  entement  entesun  enture 
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