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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.
a1300Cursor M. 3905 He was þe chesun of hir fine, Of him sco deid in gesine. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 129 Þe Kyng for þat cheson wrathed with Thomas. c1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 10 Here es forbodene athe withowttene cheson. 1382Wyclif 1 Kings xxi. 29 For he is mekid bi chesoun of me [1388 for the cause of me]. c1440Promp. Parv. 73 Chesun, or cawse [1499 chesen], causa [ 1499occasio]. c1480J. Walton Spec. Chr. in Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 6 And why this Cite destroied was Fals and coueitous men grete cheson was.
2. A cause or occasion of offence; ground of complaint; complaint, charge, or accusation; in Sc. objection, exception, demur.
a1300Cursor M. 10536 (Gött.) Ne sal na womman wid right resun Agaynes hir haue nan ille chesun. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 680 Anothir cheson I have goode. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 711 The lordis..maid him tutour with thair haill consent, Into that tyme without debait or chasoun. a1548Priests of Peblis (Jam.) To that I can, nor na man, have chessoun. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 316 All hir sawis they ratifeit but chessoun.
3. Case, condition.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 2072 Þan hure spak þat burde briȝt: herknyaþ my chesoun. c1450Guy Warw. (C.) 4314, I may not telle, be my crowne, To no wyght my chesowne.
▪ II. † chesoun, v. Obs.
In 6 Sc. chessoun, chesson(e.
[f. prec. n., after OF. achaisoner ‘to accuse, to picke a quarrell against’ (Cotgr.). Cf. med.L. occasionare = in jus vocare (Du Cange).]
To bring a charge against; to accuse, blame.
1500–20Dunbar Flyting 273 Scottis Lordis chiftanes he gart hald and chessone In firmance fast. a1548Priests of Peblis, I lufe him not in ocht that will me chessoun. 1560Rolland Seven Sag. (1837) A ij, Thairfoir my wordis, se that thou not chessoun. |