exterminer (s.xii1)
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exterminer (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  exterminare 3,328a Gdf:  exterminer 3,689a GdfC:  exterminer 9,586c TL: exterminer 3,1539 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  exterminer  TLF:  exterminer  OED:  extermine v.  MED:  exterminen v.  DMLBS:  exterminare 874b
 

v.a.

1 to destroy, raze: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Extermina li (=a vineyard) li vers de la selve (Latin: Exterminavit eam aper de silva)  91.79.14
♦eradicate, eliminate: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  David auci le prophetize, Q'exterminer de sa juise Dieus doit la gent maligne au nient  4571
2to put an end to: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: c.1275 )  li esperit de entendement descendi sur moi e je veoie sur tuz hommes ke extermineient lor vie (Latin: videbam omnes homines occultantes viam suam)  617
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