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sompnour
† sompnour Obs. Also 5–6 sompner(e. [Variant of somnour somner: cf. prec.] An official summoner.α 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 33 Sisoures and sompnoures, suche men hir preiseth. c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 543 Ther was..A sompnour and a pardoner also. c 1400 Plowman's Tale in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 313 They ...
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sompne
† sompne, v. Obs. Also 5 sompny. [Variant of somne v.2, with insertion of p as in nempne nemn v.] trans. To summon.1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 142 Þus sysoures ben sompned þe false to serue. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 151 He schal be sompned, ponyschid & cursed. c 1386 Chaucer Friar's T. 49 (Harl.), Wi...
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summoner
summoner (ˈsʌmənər) Forms: 4 somunur, -on(o)ur, 6 -oner, 6–7 sommoner, 6– summoner. See also somner, sompnour, sumner1, and summonder. [a. AF. so-, sumenour, = OF. somoneor, semoneor (mod. arch. F. semonneur):—med.L. summonitōrem: see summonitor.] 1. A petty officer who cites and warns persons to ap...
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sumner
sumner1 (ˈsʌmnə(r)) Also 4 sumnor, 5 -ere, 6 -ar, (erron. summer, sunner); 4–5 sumpnour(e, 6 sumpner. [a. AF. sum(e)nour, f. sumen-, sumon-: see summon v. and -er1. Cf. somner, sompnour.] One who is employed to summon persons to appear in court; esp. a summoning officer in an ecclesiastical court. M...
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atake
† aˈtake, v. Obs. 3–5. pa. tense atok. pa. pple. atake(n. [f. a- prefix 1 + take.] To overtake; get at, catch.c 1300 Beket 1963 This messager ne miȝte noȝt atake hem mid no ginne. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 468 Al that Fortiger atok He let to-drawe. 1382 Wyclif Lev. xxvi. 5 The thresshynge of repyn tilthe...
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benedicite
‖ benedicite, int. and n. (bɛnɪˈdaɪsɪtiː) Also 4–5 bendicite, benste. [L.; 2nd pl. imper. of benedīcĕre ‘to praise, commend,’ later ‘to bless, wish well to,’ f. bene well + dīcĕre to speak, say. In early use shortened to bendicite, benste.] A. int. 1. as expressing a wish: Bless you!1377 Langl. P. P...
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fire-red
fire-red, a. and n. [f. as prec. + red a. Cf. MHG. viurrot.] A. adj. Red like fire. Also, reddened by fire.1382 Wyclif Lev. xiv. 49 He shal take..fier reed silk. c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 624 A Sompnour..That hadde a fire⁓red cherubinnes face. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 154 People borne with eies like owles, ...
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overtake
overtake, v. (ˌəʊvəˈteɪk) [Early ME. f. over- 14 + take v., q.v. for Forms. Overtake is the earliest exemplified of a small group of synonymous vbs., including overnim, overhent, overget, overcatch, in all of which the second element means take or catch; the original application being apparently to ...
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clap
▪ I. clap, n.1 (klæp) Forms: 3 cleppe (4 klap), 4–7 clappe, 5 clape, 6–8 clapp, 4– clap. [ME. clappe and cleppe (Ancren Riwle, in sense 9), have the form of derivatives of clap v.1, and of a cognate verb corresp. to MLG. kleppen there referred to. No trace of the word has yet been found in OE.; but ...
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procurator
procurator1 (ˈprɒkjʊəreɪtə(r)) Also 3–7 -our (5–6 -oure, 6 Sc. -ure, 5 prokeratour): see also proctor1 n. A. [a. OF. procuratour (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm., mod.F. -eur), or ad. L. prōcūrātōr-em manager, agent, deputy, collector in a province, attorney, agent-n. f. prōcūrāre to procure.] 1. Rom. Hist. ...
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runner
runner (ˈrʌnə(r)) Forms: 1 -iornere, -irnere; 4 urnare; 4 rener, 4–5 rennere (5 -are), 4–6, 9 dial. renner (5 -ar); 5 rynner, 5–7 rynnar, 6, 9 Sc. and dial. rinner; 6 ronner, rouner, runnor, 7 runer, 6– runner. [f. run v. + -er1. Cf. Fris. rinner, rinder, MDu. renner, runner (Du. renner), MLG. renne...
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bear
▪ I. bear, n.1 (bɛə(r)) Forms: 1 bera, 2–7 bere, (3 beore, ? bore, 4 beeyr, 4–5 beere, 5 barre, beer, 6 Sc. beir, 6–7 beare, 7 bare), 7– bear. [OE. bera = OHG. bero, pero, MHG. ber, mod.G. bär, MDu. bere, Du. beer:—OTeut. *beron-. The ON. björn:—*bern-oz seems to be an extended form. Supposed by Fic...
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be
▪ I. be, v. (biː) [An irregular and defective verb, the full conjugation of which in modern Eng. is effected by a union of the surviving inflexions of three originally distinct and independent verbs, viz. (1) the original Aryan substantive verb with stem es-, Skr. as-, 's-, Gr. ἐσ-, L. es-, 's-, OTe...
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