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envucher (s.xii1)
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envucher (s.xii1)

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envoucher,  envocher,  envochier  
  FEW:  invocare 4,804a Gdf:  envochier 3,319b GdfC: ∅ TL: envochier 3,726 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to invoke: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Loanz envucherai le Segnur, e de mes enemis serai salf  Oxf Ps ANTS 50.17.4
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Si vels sapience envochier, E tun queor turner [...] (Latin: Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum)  Salemon 1694
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiin )  En cest (=prayer) envochet Jhesucrist  Miserere 66
envoucher sauf
to vouchsafe: 
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mordauncestre e fresche force Ne vouchent (var. (U: s.xiv1/4) envouchent) sauf en moy l’escorce De une breke  Plainte Am 488

p.pr. as s.

one who invokes: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  [...] De la letre not tel sentence A l’envochant de sapience [...]  Salemon 1708

See also:

voucher1 
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