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interpreter (1155)

The form entrepreter is a cross reference to the following entry:

interpreter (1155)

enterprester,  enterpreter,  enterpretier;  entreprester,  entrepreter,  entrepretier  
  FEW:  interpres 4,760b Gdf: GdfC:  interpreter 10,26b / entrepreter 9,491a TL: interpreter 4,1416 / entrepreter 3,675 DEAF:  interpreter I356 DMF:  interpréter  / entrepreter  TLF:  interpréter  OED:  interpret v.  MED:  interpreten v.  DMLBS:  interpretari,-are 1442a

v.trans.

to interpret, expound
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ne vuil sun (=Merlin's) livre translater Quant jo nel sai interpreter  Brut WACE 7540
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Semblant fist (=Jacob) come il volt l'autre (=Esau) arere trere, Saunz nule demure, el ventre sa mere. Pur ce fu li enfaunt Jacob apelé; Jacob 'supplantere' est interpreté  Genèse 506
( 1313-14 )  entrepresterent les pointz ou il avoint doute  YBB Ed II v 52
( 1378 )  Present le dit abbé, [...] ad declarez et interpretez qe par vertu de nulles paroles generales ne autres contenues en mesmes les chartres nul ne doit avoir ne n'avra desore immunytee ne franchise nulle part dedeinz l'esglise  Rot Parl1 iii 51

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