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recoverir1 (1160-74)
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The form recovrir is a cross reference to the following entry:

recoverir1 (1160-74)

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recoverer,  recovrir,  recuvrir  
  FEW:  cooperir 2/ii,1143a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  recouvrir 10,506c TL: recovrir 2 8,493 DEAF:  covrir (recovrir)  DMF:  recouvrir 1  TLF:  recouvrir  OED:  re-cover v.2  MED:  recoveren v.1  DMLBS:  recooperire 2685b

v.trans.

to cover up again: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Firent fosses parfunt chavees, desus estreites, dedenz lees; [...] De verge e de herbe qui il cuillirent Les fosses tutes recuvrirent  Rom de Rou wace i 226.1740
♦build.to re-roof: 
( 1383 )  Piers Clete, plummer, as empris par certein covenant [...] pur recoverer certeines noz chambres, mantellets et batelmentes deinz nostre chastel de Hertford ové certeins fothers de plomme  GAUNT2 ii 256.795

v.refl.

to cover oneself up again: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  Sovent la noit s'est descovert Pur la chalor, pus se recovre Pur le freit  Proth ANTS 2769
♦fig.to conceal one’s thoughts: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  La descovre ben sa raison [...]; E d’altre part ben se recovre, Ne dit pas l’achaison de l’ovre  Proth ANTS 6251

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See also:

coverir 
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