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espessir (c.1150)

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espessir (c.1150)

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FEW: spissus 12,199a Gdf: espessier 3,527b GdfC: espessir 9,543b TL: espoissir 3,1237 / espoissier 3,1235 DEAF: espoisse (espoissir) / espoisse (espoissier) DMF: épaissir / épaisser TLF: épaissir OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: spissare 3164b

eçpesser; epessir; espeiscer, espeisier, espeisser; espesceir, espescir, espesir, espesser; espisser, aspessir

v.n.

1to thicken, swell:

( s.xiii²; MS: s.xiii² ) E pur ceo [...] espessisent la buche des veines [...] e de ceo se estendent e en emflent 153.181

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) denseo: espesser ii 162

♦ to thicken, congeal, set:

( s.xiii¹; MS: c.1300 ) Quant il est asis al bacin, si versez le tenve en vessel qui ben tienge, sil lessez espessir ilokes en ces fundrilles 52.vi

♦to grow thick, oppressive:

( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 ) Truble li tens, l’air epessist 2868

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Le ciel lur comence a nercir E les nues forment a espessir 9052

2 to increase, become more intense:

( c.1150; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) A tant vent espessat al tref, Que fist plus tost cure le nef 867

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Mout s’ala par la ville la novele espessant i 84.2076

♦to increase in numbers:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Chastels e viles trespasça, E sa gent crut e espeisça; Tuit aloent en sa busuine 11614

( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii ) Aprés lui espessist le rangs De chevaliers 1247

3to grow more violent:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) L'ire munta e engroissa, La guerre crut e espeissa 14626

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Mut est en peisez (var. (B: s.xivⁱⁿ) espesé) li turneiz 6163 (var.)

v.refl.

1to grow dark:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) El seir obscur, quant avesprout E la nut alques s’espeisout 4614

p.p._as_a.

1thickened (through loss of liquid or the adding of ingredients):

( s.xiii^2/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Tant seit quit e tant boilli Ke il seit tut aspessi 1359

( s.xivⁱⁿ ) e pus festes temprer ové let des alemaundes espessé 865.23

♦overgrown:

( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) [...] la terre ki ert maleite e d’espines espeisie 99.78

♦reinforced:

( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Puis qu’il fu el pais venuz e repairiez, Par vostre terre vait de granz genz espeisiez 5067

sbst._inf.

1thickening (through loss of liquid):

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) tant les laissiez boillir desque il venge a l’espesir i 69

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