† anchesoun Obs.
3–4. Also ancheisun, -esun. -eysone, -eaysoun.
[refashioning of achesoun, a. OFr. acheson, acheison:—L. occāsiōn-em, after words in a- for earlier an-, en-. This began in AFr., where enchesoun is commoner than the orig. achesoun. See also encheason, the common later form in Eng.]
Occasion, cause, reason, motive.
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 158 And seið þe ancheisun hwi. Ibid. 234 Þe þridde anchesun is. 1340 Ayenb. 47 Vor be þe ancheysoun of ham byeþ uorlore manye zaules. |