grasser (s.xiii/xiv)

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grasser (s.xiii/xiv)

[vcd]

  FEW:  crassus *2,1277b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  cras (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  crassare 511c
gresser  

v.a.

1agriculturalto manure
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  stercorare: (D) composter, grasser(var. (C: xiii2) compouster; (L: xiii/xiv) compoter)  ii 77

v.n.

1 fig. to grow rich, prosper
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (clerks) ci tost com comencent a gresser (var. (B: c.1330) engrescier) par richesse, ne serront trovez a meison  138
engresser#1  gras#1 
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