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

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

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.trans.

mil.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  Merlin Proph helias 489

v.intrans.

med.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  A-N Med i 213.102

p.p. as s.

mil.one who is crushed, defeated: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  l'oppreint veintrat a la parfin La cruelté del pople barbarin  Merlin Proph helias 13

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See also:

apriendre  depriendre  empreindre  oppresser  opprimer  priendre  repriendre 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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