extenuacion (s.xiii2/4)
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extenuacion (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  extenuare 3,327b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  extenuacion 9,586b TL: ∅ DEAF:  extenuer (extenuacion)  DMF:  exténuation  TLF:  exténuation  OED:  extenuation n.  MED:  extenuacioun n.  DMLBS:  extenuatio 873c
extenuation  

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1process or fact of becoming thin or emaciated: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et si n’est pas la extenuacion del cors si grant com ele fust de secchesce  i 200
2 process or fact of becoming thin, watery, more diluted: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) En la cotidiane de fleume acetouse conoist om co[me] la matire est defite par la grant extenuation de l’orine et par l’aumentacion de lui  i 163
extenuatif  extenuatique 
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