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presque (s.xiii2/4)

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presque (s.xiii2/4)

 
  FEW:  presse 9,366b Gdf: GdfC:  presque 10,412a TL: près (presque) 7,1786 DEAF:  pres (presque)  DMF:  presque  TLF:  presque  OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

almost, virtually
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mes quant ce vient de melancolie, se crient et chantent et se pleignent mult [...] Mes quant ceste maladie vient de sanc, si rient presque tot adés  A-N Med i 181
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si voustre oysel ad la beistie, ceo est pres[que] la pere, si l’apelent giste  Glan lex 131D

[gdw]

See also:

pres1  que2  presdiluec 
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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