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retentif (s.xiii2/4)
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retentif (s.xiii2/4)

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f. retentive  
  FEW:  retinere 10,336a Gdf:  retentif 7,142a GdfC: ∅ TL: retentif 8,1126 DEAF:  retenir (retentive)  / tenir 1 (retentif)  DMF:  rétentif  TLF: ∅ OED:  retentive adj. 1  MED:  retentif adj.  DMLBS:  retentivus 2812b

a.

vertu retentive
med.ability to retain bodily fluids: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et quant la catar[re] vient de feblece de vertu retentive […]  A-N Med i 175
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  de cause dedens sicome de chaudes et de froides humors et de habundance de humors corans par incontinence [et] de la feblece de la vertu retentive [el cervel]  A-N Med i 185
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Encontre simple flux vallent feves quites en vinaigre a conforter la vertu retentive  Waterford busby 293.S116.20

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See also:

retenable  retenance  retencion  reteneil  retenement  reteneresce  retenir  retenour  retenue  retient 
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