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allegeance
▪ I. † aˈllegeance1 Obs. Forms: 4–5 alegeance, -aunce, -eaunce, all-, allegg-, erron. allegiance. [a. OFr. alegeance, alejance, mod. allégeance, f. aléger to relieve: see allege v.1, and -ance.] Alleviation, lightening, relief.1297 R. Glouc. 85 Mo and mo Þer come for enlegeance to habbe of heore wo....
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Edward Forsett
Wherein the power of the papacie over princes, is refuted; and the Oath of Allegeance justified (1624), a belated reply to writings of Robert Parsons,
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legeaunce
▪ I. † legeance1 Obs. Aphetic f. allegeance1.13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxix, He felede no leggaunce of his peyne.▪ II. † legeance2 Obs. Aphetic f. allegeance2.c 1425 Saints' Lives Prol. in Anglia VIII. 107 Legeauns and auctorites of holy writte. c 1425 St. Mary of Oignies Prol. ibid. 134 Among...
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Allegiance
The al- prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an "allegation" (the French comes from the English).
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allegiance
▪ I. allegiance (əˈliːdʒəns, əˈliːdʒ(ɪ)əns) Forms: 4–5 al- allegeaunce, alie- alligiaunce, 5 alegeawns, 6 allegians, -gance, -giauns, -gyaunce, 6–7 alleagiance, allegeance, 7 aleige-, alleageance, 6– allegiance. [A derivative of liege, q.v., OFr. lige, liege, late L. ligius: whence OFr. ligance, lig...
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Samuel Harsnett
casting out Deuils, London, John Wolfe, 1599;
A Declaration of egregious Popish Impostures, to with-draw the harts of her Maiesties Subiects from their allegeance
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disinteress
† disinteress, v. Obs. Pa. pple. -essed, -est. [ad. F. désintéresser ‘to discharge, or saue harmelesse; to rid from all interest in’ (Cotgr.), f. des- dis- 4 + intéresser to interest.] = disinterest v. Hence dis-interessing vbl. n.1622 Bacon Hen. VII, 55 The higher Bond that tyeth him..doth dis-inte...
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HMS Pegasus (1779)
On 23 January 1783 she captured the Allegeance, a former Royal Navy sloop that the French were using as a transport and that was carrying 200 troops.
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inviolated
inviolated, a. (ɪnˈvaɪəleɪtɪd) [f. in-3 + violated.] Unviolated, inviolate.1548 Hall Chron., Hen. IV 28 To kepe your promise sincerly inviolated and faithfully observed. 1610 Bp. Carleton Jurisd. 130 Bishops, who before..held their Allegeance inuiolated to their Soueraignes. 1749 Johnson Irene v. ii...
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relevancy
relevancy (ˈrɛlɪvənsɪ) Also 6 Sc. reliv-. [ad. L. type *relevantia: see next and -ancy.] 1. The quality or fact of being relevant: a. in Law, esp. Sc. Law.1561 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 173 Of the law it is requirit to the relevancie thairof that ather of the partis..be relevant in the self, uther...
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easing
▪ I. easing, vbl. n.1 (ˈiːzɪŋ) [f. ease v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb ease. Mostly gerundial. Also † easing-chair, a nightstool.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Allegeance, an easing or succouring. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 179 For easing me of the carriage. 1626 Bacon Sylva §757 The Stayin...
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reconcilement
reconcilement (ˈrɛkənsaɪlmənt) [-ment.] 1. The fact of reconciling or being reconciled to another or to each other. Cf. reconciliation 1.1549 Form Consecr. Bps. in Lindsay Vind. Ch. Eng. (1734) p. xxv, Grant..suche grace that he maie euermore be ready to sprede abrod thy Gospell, and glad tidynges o...
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discontinue
discontinue, v. (dɪskənˈtɪnjuː) Also 5–6 -tyn-, -ew. [a. F. discontinue-r (14th c. in Littré), ad. med.L. discontinuā-re, f. dis- 4 + continuāre to continue.] I. trans. 1. To cause to cease; to cease from (an action or habit); to break off, put a stop to, give up.1479 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 414 King E...
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irritant
▪ I. irritant, a.1 and n. (ˈɪrɪtənt) [ad. L. irrītānt-em, pr. pple. of irrītāre irritate v.1: cf. F. irritant (17th c. in Hatz.–Darm.).] A. adj. † 1. That ‘irritates’ or stirs up (see irritate v.1 1 b); exciting, provocative. Obs.1636 W. Scot Apol. Narr. (1846) 65 The occasion or irritant cause of t...
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