† aˈmese, v. Obs.
[a. OFr. amesir, amaisir, also amaisier, amaiser, to calm, pacify, appease:—med.L. *admīti-āre, f. ad to + mīti-s mild.]
To appease, calm, render mild; to moderate, pacify.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xvi. 134 Bot othyr lords that war hym by Ameyssyt the King. c 1400 Destr. Troy xxxii. 12842 Ames you of malice. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iii. 49 Til amese all were and stryfe. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 194 Sir, amese you. 1529 Lyndesay Compl. 42 The first men wer displesit. Bot he thame prudentlie amesit. |