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resignifier (c.1136-65)
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The form resenefier is a cross reference to the following entry:

resignifier (c.1136-65)

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resenefier,  resignefier  
  FEW:  significare *11,603a Gdf:  resenefier 7,95a GdfC: ∅ TL: resenefiier 8,1009 DEAF:  senefier (resenefier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to signify, mean in turn: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li livre nos demostre apert [...] seinte Escriture, Qui tant ert parfonde e oscure; Les set seiaus don fermez ere Resignefient lu mistere Luquel soul li leions ovrit  Dial Greg SATF 18674
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le ciel Seinte Iglise signefie, Le temple Diu ki est overtz resignefie Li Seintz Espereitz  Apoc giffard 2105
2to signify, mean as well: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  ‘Celeth’ [...] Plaideor resenefie Solunc alt’ ethimologie  Salemon 161
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Cist mort alsi resignefie [...] Ke neis al derein issir Poet l'om par confesse guarir  Mirur1 153vb9
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  [...] la senestre signifie Tote le travail de ceste vie. [...] Et ceste maimes resignifie Ke [...]  Corset ANTS 1147

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signifier 
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