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agucement (c.1185)

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agucement (c.1185)

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[ FEW: 24,126a *acutiare; Gdf: 1,171c aguisement; GdfC: 8,57b aiguisement; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: aiguisement; TLF: aiguisement; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

agussement; agusement, aguisement, angusement

s.1sharpness; sharpness, harshness 2sharpening, fortifying agent 3stimulus, encouragement 4intensification

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1sharpness:

( MS: s.xiv^ex ) passeront par l’agucement d’espye (L) 44r

♦sharpness, harshness:

( c.1300 ) Tous ceus (=fishes), con dit galiens, sunt solubles se il sunt en eiwe salee por l’aguisement du sel 121.1862

2med.pharm.sharpening, fortifying agent:

( MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) prenés […] une drame et demie de cartatique emperial, por ce que ele espurge colere, et mellés bien ensemble ces agusemens 332

3fig.stimulus, encouragement:

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) En une forest sunt entrez, Ki de chans de oiseaus retentist; Ismeine d’amer en fremist, Kar chant d’oisel e estrument Est d’amur un angusement (l. agusement, aigusement?) 8908

4med.intensification:

( c.1300; MS: s.xv² ) et por ce estaingnent (=quinces) seif et l’agusement de roge colre assuagent et vallent contre cardiake et encontre egestion 302

( s.xiv²; MS: s.xiv² ) si cele nue [est] el sumet de l’urine […] donc signefie agussement e asperté de l’infermeté ii 261

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