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

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[gdw]

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

Aphetic form of ententif.

a.

estre tentif de, pur (+inf.)
1to 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 )  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  19.14
ententif  tente#4  tentivement  
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