pulsif (s.xiiiex)
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pulsif (s.xiiiex)

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  FEW:  pulsare 9,557a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  poussif 10,397a TL: poussif 7,1672 DEAF:  pousser (poussif)  DMF:  pulsif  / poussif  TLF:  poussif  OED:  pursive a.  MED:  pursif a.  DMLBS:  pulsivus 2572b
porsif,  pursif  

a.

1pathol.med.pursive, asthmatic, having difficulty to breathe: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Se trop pulsif veit sun ostur, Oez que l’en dit cest auctur [...]  63.499
( c.1400 )  Comitissa Gloverniæ habuit palefridum asmaticum, gallice porsif  68
( MS: s.xv )  Pur chival pursif. Li donetz a manger [...]  156.E420
puls  pulser 
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