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abearing
† aˈbearing, vbl. n. Obs. (əˈbɛərɪŋ) [f. abear v. + -ing1.] The action of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct. Nearly always in the legal phr. good abearing, which early passed into popular use. Supplanted by the hybrid synonym abearance.1494 Fabyan vi. cliv. 141 That there after he s...
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abearance
abearance (əˈbɛərəns) [f. abear v. + -ance, being a synonym of abearing, on the analogy of the pairs appearing, appearance, abhorring, abhorrence, etc., formed on vbs. of Romance origin.] Behaviour; always in phr. good abearance.1568 Watson Polybius 93 a, Of their confederates and mates they would c...
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Vagabonds Act 1383
Ruffhead and Pickering give the title as "Justices, &c. shall examine Vagabonds, and bind them to their good abearing, or commit them to Prison", The Statute
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tithing
▪ I. tithing, n. (ˈtaɪðɪŋ) Forms: α. 1 téoþung, -ing, 3 (theoþinge), toðing(e, teuþing(e, 3–4 teþing, -yng, (thething), 4 tuþing, tueþyng, tethinge, teothinge. β. 1 teiᵹðuncg, tiᵹeðing, 3–5 tiþing, 5–9 tything, 6– tithing. [OE. téoðung, Anglian tiᵹeðing, f. téoða, tiᵹeþe tithe n.1 or téoðian tithe v...
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List of Acts of the Parliament of England, 1690–1699
public|13|23-03-1694|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to repeal the Statute made in the Tenth yeare of King Edward the Third for finding sureties for the good abearing
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suretyship
suretyship (ˈʃʊətɪʃɪp, ˈʃʊərɪtɪʃɪp) Forms: see prec.: also 6 suertishipe, -shyp, surtishipp, suretishippe, 7–9 suretiship. [f. prec. n. + -ship.] The position or function of a surety (see prec. 7); responsibility or obligation undertaken by one person on behalf of another, as for payment of a debt, ...
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pledge
▪ I. pledge, n. (plɛdʒ) Forms: 4–6 plege, plegge, 6 pledg, 5– pledge (6 Sc. pladge, plage, plaige, pleage, 7 pleg). [Late ME. a. OF. plege (Roland, c 1080, and Anglo-F.), pleige, plaige, plo(i)ge, etc., mod.F. pleige hostage, security, bail, pledge:—early Frankish L. plevium, plibium, plebium, a 600...
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bounce
▪ I. bounce, n.1 (baʊns) [see bounce v. (The first three senses appear nearly simultaneously, and their order here is purely provisional.)] 1. A heavy and usually noisy blow caused by something big; a sounding knock, thump.a 1529 Skelton Ware the Hauke 86 He gave her a bounce Full upon the gorge. 15...
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ill-
ill- in combination. A. General uses. I. From ill adj. 1. a. In attributive relation: see ill a. 9; also ill blood, ill breeding, illfare, ill humour, ill luck, ill nature, ill-usage, ill will. b. Parasynthetic compounds: see 8. II. From ill n. 2. Objective and obj. genitive, as † ill-abearing (endu...
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popular
popular, a. (n.) (ˈpɒpjʊlə(r)) Forms: 5–7 populer, 6 Sc. -air, 7 -are, 6– popular. [ad. L. populār-is adj. belonging to the people, f. popul-us people. So OF. populeir, -ere, F. populaire.] A. adj. 1. Law. Affecting, concerning, or open to all or any of the people; public; esp. in action popular.149...
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release
▪ I. release, n.1 (rɪˈliːs) Forms: 4–5 reles(e, -lees, 5–6 -lesse, (4 -leische, 5 Sc. -lesche; 5 -lece, -leese, 6 Sc. -leis); 5 releasse, 6 -leace, 6– release. [a. OF. reles (12th c.), var. of relais, vbl. n. from relesser, relaisser: see release v.1] 1. a. Deliverance or liberation from trouble, pa...
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