Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese enrequentar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from en- +‎ rico (rich) +‎ -entar.

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enrequentar (first-person singular present enrequento, first-person singular preterite enrequentei, past participle enrequentado)

  1. (transitive, archaic, now literary) to enrich
    Synonyms: arrequentar, enriquecer
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
      et en com̃o fez moytas abbadias et moytas igleias por lo mũdo; et en com̃o as enrrequentou et en com̃o tirou moytos corpos de santos que jaziã soterrados en terra et os meteu en moymẽtos d'ouro et de prata
      and how he made many abbeys and many churches all over the world; and how he enriched them and how he took the bodies of many saints that lay buried in the ground and put them inside gold and silver monuments

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