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vosare

vosare [CL vos+-are; cf. MF vosoier, vousoyer], vostrare, to address (person) with the pronoun vos (honorifically as mark of respect or deference). c1206 [quidam] me presumptionis arguunt, asserentes magnam esse injuriam prelatorum ‥ eos tuare quos vostrare deceret, ita quod eis pluraliter scriberemus ‥ inferioribus autem vel nostris equalibus singulari numero uteremur P. Blois Ep. Sup. 51. 2; to ȝe, ~are in plurali numero vos, vestrum, vel tibi CathA.

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