† espacen.
Obsolete.
= space n.1
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the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time
tidea900
while971
fristOE
stemOE
throwOE
timeOE
selea1250
piecec1300
termc1300
stagea1325
whilesc1330
space?a1400
racec1400
spacec1405
termine1420
parodya1425
timea1425
continuancec1440
thrallc1450
espace1483
space of timec1500
tracta1513
stead1596
reach1654
amidst1664
stretch1698
spell1728
track1835
lifetime1875
time slice1938
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 340/3 In that espace of tyme the kynge and mo than lx thousand men were baptysed.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 146 We..haue ben a longe espace wyth hym.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1483- preventer rope
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- preventer stopper
- preventer-shroud
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- preventers
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- prevential
- preventibility
- preventible
- preventing
- preventing grace
- preventingly
- prevention
- preventional
- preventionalist
- preventionism
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- preventions
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