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anchesoun
† 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.] Oc... Oxford English Dictionary
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achesoun
† aˈchesoun Obs. [a. OFr. acheson, acheison, achaison, -un occasion, cause, motive:—L. occāsiōn-em occasion, n. of action f. occās- ppl. stem of occid-ĕre, f. oc- = ob- in the way of + cad-ĕre to fall. Very early refashioned in Anglo-Fr. as anchesoun, enchesoun, by form-assoc. with words in which a-... Oxford English Dictionary
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encheason
† enˈcheason Obs. Forms: 3–5 enchesun, -oun(e -own(e, 4–7 encheson(e, (4 encheison, -eyson, 5 enchesen, ? encihoson, inchessoun, 6 enchesson,) 6–7 encheason. Also anchesoun. [a. OF. encheson, encheison, f. encheoir, lit. to fall in, hence to be in fault (whence encheement ‘instigation, cause’, Godef... Oxford English Dictionary
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occasion
▪ I. occasion, n.1 (əˈkeɪʒən) Also 4–5 -ioun, -youn, 5 -ione, 5–6 -yon(e, (5 -cion, 6 -cyon, -tyon, 6–7 -tion). [ad. L. occāsiōn-em falling (of things) towards (each other), juncture, opportunity, motive, reason, pretext, in late L. also cause; n. of action f. occidĕre (see prec.); in F. occasion (1... Oxford English Dictionary
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