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especifier (s.xiiim)
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especifier (s.xiiim)

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especefier,  especiefier,  espescefier,  espesefier,  espesifier,  espessifier;  especesier;  eppecifier;  espacefier  (epecisier (l. epefisier))  
  FEW:  specificare 12,157b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  especefier 9,539b TL: especefiier 3,1167 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  espécifier  TLF: ∅ OED:  specify v.  MED:  specifien v.  DMLBS:  specificare 3147c

v.trans.

1to specify: 
( 1323 )  especefiaunt en meisme l'asignement de totez maneres services  Actes privés 209
( 1324-25 )  laquele ferme n’est mie especifié en lour chartre  Rot Parl1 i 418
( MS: 1419 )  qe nulle [...] ne vende sa pulletrie plus chier qe n’est especifié aprés  Lib Alb 466
2to make clear, purify: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  illo servisia coletur, speceficetur (gloss: espacefié) et purgetur  TLL i 186.159 and ii 103.159

p.p. as a.

nun especifié
nunespecifié

See also:

specifier 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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