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aforciblement (c.1230)
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aforciblement (c.1230)

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eforciblement,  efforciblement,  enforciblement,  esforciblement;  efforciablement  
  FEW:  fortia 3,727b Gdf:  esforciblement 3,456c GdfC: ∅ TL: esforcible (esforciblement) 3,1044 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  efforciblement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1strongly, forcefully: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  quelqe unqe le desir soit, tant come il est plus aforcible, restient a l’encontre plus aforciblement  Ancren1 160.12
2mil.with an armed force: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  S’en vint enforciblement En Osserie od sa gent  Dermot2 2045
( 1260 )  Le roy dit que par teles acheisons revint il en Angleterre esforciblement a granz genz  Baron Rebellion 208.37
( 1298-99 )  que cele chevauchee se face sauvement bien e efforciblement  Parl Writs 320
3with effort, painfully: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sur la pere eforciblement Munta e precha  S Fran ANTS 2469
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