povrant (c.1300)
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povrant (c.1300)

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[ gdw]

  FEW:  pauper *8,58a Gdf:  pouverir 6,360b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  povre (povrant)  DMF:  pauvrir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  pauperare 2154a
 

This adjective is the aphetic form of the present participle of empoverir. See also poveri for the past participle used adjectivally.

a.

1statusin poverty, needy: 
( c.1300; MS: c.1335 )  Yl vendra molt povrans  55
empoverir  poveri  poverin  poveriser  poverison  poverissement  poverte  poverté  povraille  povre#1  povrement  povresce  povrus 
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