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† ˈmoyenant, prep. Obs.
Also 5 moiena(u)nt, moyenaunt, 6 moynant.
[a. F. moyennant, orig. pr. pple. of moyenner: see moyen v.]
By means of. moyenant that: on condition that.
1471Arriv. Edw. IV (Camden) 21 Moyenaunt he false faynyd fables and disclandars, that..were wont to be seditiously sowne & blowne abowt. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) I. 206, I geue the thy lif and gyue the plain absolucion of all, moienant that neuer after thou replicque ne reherce this trespaas. 1483― Gold. Leg. 417/b/2, Thy fader the deuyl ouer whome I haue hope to haue vyctorye moyenaunt on hym the name of Jhesu cryst. a1500in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 81 At the whiche daye, moynant the grace of Almyghty Jesu, the saide towne and castell were delivered unto the saide good Kynge Edward. |