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† ˈfinishment Obs. [f. as prec. + -ment.] End, finishing, completion; death.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 499 Þe forme to be fynisment foldez ful selden. 1448Will of Hen. VI in Willis & Clark Cambridge I. 353 After the finisshement of the edifications of oon of the same Colleges. c1450Merlin 23 Merlyn began to telle of the fynyshment of Ioseph. 1559Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 105 To the finishment and stay of that offendicle. 1648W. Mountague Devoute Ess. i. xviii. §3. 336 None must undertake this edifice, but after computation of the pertinences requisite for the finishment. 1872E. Eggleston End of World viii. 59 This 'rithmetic preacher can't make a finishment of this sublunary speer by addition. 1873C. G. Leland Egypt. Sketch-Bk. 103, I should say, in finishment of this chapter, that one leaves the dervish performance with mixed emotions. |