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[parogrefer] (1260-70)
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[parogrefer] (1260-70)

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pirographer  
  FEW:  parographus 7,618b Gdf:  paragrapher 5,738c GdfC: ∅ TL: paragrafer 7,197 DEAF:  paragrafe (paragrafer)  / pirograffer  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

Parogrefer is attested solely by this text as well as once in a continental text (TancredOrd, cited by Gdf). The verb is attested in English (paragraph v.) from the early 17th century.

v.trans.

literatureto be written in sections, divide (a text) into paragraphs: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Par perograpfs est distinctez, Que nus mustrent divers pechiez. [...] La ou il trovera divers pechiez Sicum il ert pirographés  78

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parogref 
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