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▪ I. † ˈchesoun, n. Obs. Forms: 3–5 cheson, -un, -oun, (4 -iun), 5 -oune, -owne, chesen, 6 Sc. chasoun, chessoun. [Aphetic form of achesoun, encheason.] 1. Occasion, cause, reason.a 1300 Cursor M. 3905 He was þe chesun of hir fine, Of him sco deid in gesine. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 129 Þe Kyn...
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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-...
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an-
an-, prefix from various sources. 1. OE. and ME. an-, = an prep. (see prec.) In OE. the orig. an- remained only under the stress, i.e. in ns.; otherwise, it was, like the separate preposition, rounded to on-; thus ˈangin beginning, onˈginnan to begin, onˈb{uacu}tan about. An example of the former re...
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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...
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reason
▪ I. reason, n.1 (ˈriːz(ə)n) Forms: α. 3 reisun, 4 -oun, (5 reissoun), 3–5 reyson, (5 -one), 4–5 reison; 3 reaisun, 4–6 rayson, (4 -oun), 6 raisson, rasone, Sc. rasoun. β. 3–5 resun, (4 -une), 3–6 resoun, (4– 5 -oune, 4 -owne), 3–7 reson, (4–6 -one); 4 reesoun, 5 -on; 5–6 ressoun, (7 Sc. -oune), res...
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