expedient (1380)

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expedient (1380)

[ FEW: 3,306b expedire; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,584a expedient 1 /9,584a expedient 2; TL: 3,1537 expedïent; DEAF:  expedïer (expedïent); DMF:  expédient; TLF:  expedient 1 / expedient 2; OED:  expedient a. and n.; MED:  expedient a.; DMLBS:  expedire (expediens) 855b ]
 

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( 1380 )  il serroit expedient que ceux de conseil […] soient oiez  505
( 1380 )  toutes les foiz [...] q’il leur serra vieuz pur expedient a ce faire  ii 369
( 1399 )  ceo qe luy semblera [...] mieulx expedient et necessaire  iii 429
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  [...] il vous plese, s’il vous semble expedient, granter voz lettres graciouses  81.9
( 1403; MS: s.xv1 )  tiel remedie [...] comme il semblera a nous [...] pluis expedient et raisonable  47.35
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