palper (s.xiii2/4)
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palper (s.xiii2/4)

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[ hap]

[ FEW: 7,518a palpare; Gdf: 5,712a palpiant /5,712b palpoier; GdfC: 10,263b palper; TL: ∅; DEAF:  palper; DMF:  palper; TLF:  palper 1; OED:  palp v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2090b palpare ]
 

v.a.

1to feel, handle, touch: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Thomas Didimus [...] Les lius des plaies Crist palpat  8922

p.pr._as_a.

1cajoling, flattering, smarmy: 
( MS: s.xivm )  tricherouse et palpeant adulacioun  1ra
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