oppreindre (s.xiiiin)
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oppreindre (s.xiiiin)

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  FEW:  opprimere 7,376b Gdf:  oppreindre 5,609a GdfC: ∅ TL: opriembre 6,1158 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  oppreindre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  opprimere 2037b

p.p. oppreint,  opprient  

The verbs oppreindre, oppresser and opprimer are entirely synonymous and derive from the same Latin verb opprimere: oppreindre and opprimer are different vernacular developments of the infinitive form, whereas oppresser is based on the past participle form oppressus.

v.a.

1mil.to crush, defeat : 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  De Wincestre vers lui li draguns S'edrescera [...] Mais al cumbatre serra il vencuz; E pois si ert opprient al chief de tur (=in the end) Par la felunie al venqueur  489

v.n.

1med.pathol.to oppress, afflict: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Dolor de l'estomac si vient de multes causes: de chalor qui dessout, de froydure qui restreint, de humor chaude [ou] de humor froyde, de ventosité qui destent et dessout et de aposteime qui opprent  i 213.102

p.p._as_s.

1mil.one who is crushed, defeated: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  l'oppreint veintrat a la parfin La cruelté del pople barbarin  13
apriendre  depriendre  empreindre  oppresser  opprimer  priendre  repriendre 
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