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单词 anchesoun
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anchesounn.

Forms: early Middle English ancheisun, early Middle English ancheson, early Middle English anchesun, early Middle English ancheaysoun, early Middle English anchesoun, early Middle English ancheysoun.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: achesoun n., encheason n.
Etymology: Probably partly (i) a variant or alteration of achesoun n. (compare Anglo-Norman encheson encheason n. and perhaps also an- prefix1); and partly (ii) a variant of encheason n. (with which it is used interchangeably in the works cited in quots. c1300 and 1340). Compare Anglo-Norman ancheson (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), rare variant of encheson encheason n. Compare also Anglo-Norman acheson achesoun n. and cheson (13th cent.: see chesoun n.).
Obsolete.
Reason, motive, occasion; = encheason n.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [noun] > reason or ground
achesounc1230
anchesouna1250
reasona1250
groundc1275
matter1340
purposec1350
cause1413
quarrel1476
actiona1500
subject1577
spring of action1583
qualitya1586
inducement1593
place1593
theme1594
instance1597
motive1605
impulsivea1628
justifiera1635
foundation1641
rise1641
plummet1679
mainspring1695
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 70 & seið þe ancheisun [c1230 Corpus Cambr. acheisuns] hwi.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 103 Six anchesuns [c1225 Cleo. C.vi. acheisuns] beoð hwi god..wiðdrauhð him.
c1300 All Saints (Laud) l. 7 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 418 For manie enchesones holie churche þare-to us gan lere... Þe þridde ancheson is, for þe ȝer is schort.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Vor be þe ancheysoun of ham byeþ uorlore manye zaules.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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