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tentif (s.xiiiex)
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tentif (s.xiiiex)

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tentis  
  FEW:  intendere *4,740a Gdf:  tentif 7,682c GdfC: ∅ TL: tentif 10,237 DEAF:  entendtre (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tentive a.  MED:  tentif(e a.  DMLBS:  tentivus 3403b

Aphetic form of ententif.

a.

estre tentif de, pur (+inf.)
to be eager, keen to: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Gudmod est corocié; del ferir est tencis (var. (C: s.xiiiex) tentis;  (H: s.xiiim) tensis )  Horn 3464 (var.)
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 ) Outre ceo il fuit le plus curious roy et le plus tentif pur forestis lever qe unkes ne out roy engleys esté devant  Petit Bruit 19.14

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See also:

ententif  tente4  tentivement  
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