purvertir (s.xii1)

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purvertir (s.xii1)

[ hap]

[ FEW: 8,292a pervertere; Gdf: 8,292a pervertir; GdfC: 6,119b pervertir; TL: 10,325c pervertir; DEAF: 7,812 pervertir; DMF:  pervertir; TLF:  pervertir; OED:  pervert v.; MED:  perverten v.; DMLBS: 2248c pervertere ]
pervertier,  pervertir,  porvertir,  purverter  

v.a.

1to lead astray, corrupt, pervert
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E ot le eslit tu seraz esliz, e ot le purvers tu seras purvertit  51.17.29
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Sin out femmes [...], si tresturnerent e purvertirent sun quer [...] que il sewid ydles  137
( 1399 )  consentir et estre pervertz a tiele secte  iii 428
to debase, corrupt, distort (the meaning of)
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  'Li feluns prent duns de sun sein,' ço est celeement, '[pur] purvertir e destruiere les sentes de jugement. En la face del cuinte luist sapience'  3338
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Trestuz [...] purverterent les bons escriz  144
( 1376 )  puis qe les bones custumez feurent pervertiez em pesché de covetyse  ii 337

v.n.

1to lead astray, corrupt
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Od le eslit tu seras esliz, e od purvers tu purvertiras (Latin: cum perverso pervertes)  25.XVII.26
( 1399 )  pur tant qe le poeple deins le roialme d'Engleterre purroit legerement consentir et estre pervertz a tiele secte et novellerie  iii 428
to debase, corrupt, distort (the meaning of)
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Car sens perverte en nounsavoir Et verité verte et nounvoir  6821

v._refl.

1to become corrupt, perverse
( MS: c.1300 )  Kant Judas, li traitre, se purverti, De sun eindegré a un laz se pendi  164
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  De son avant se pervertoit  1846
to be debased, corrupted, distorted
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  toute loy s’et pervertie  21693
purvers  purversé  purversement  purverseté  purversioun 
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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