单词 | assoin |
释义 | † assoinn. Obsolete. An excuse; a legal excuse put in for non-appearance. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] assoin1297 excusationc1380 pleaa1382 excusement1393 sunyiea1400 chose15.. excusec1500 allegation?1510 scuse1523 subterfuge1581 apology1598 alibi1857 out1919 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 539 Giffardes asoyne. c1300 K. Alis. 6051 Thider com withowten assoyne, Two quenes of Amazoyne. c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Thomas 52 Þat al..Suld but assonȝe cume to þat feste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2266 Þat schending es wit-outen soyne [Gött. soygne, Trin. Cambr. assoyne]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † assoinv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To excuse; to offer or put in an excuse for non-appearance of. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)] assoin?c1225 excusea1250 scusea1492 planea1513 salve1628 extenuate1741 palliate1862 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 53 For swich hit mei beon þet ȝe schulen asonien [c1230 Corpus essinieien; v.rr. aseinen, asunien] ou. c1330 Florice & Bl. 67 Ne scholde no weder me assoine. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) 440 Worldliche excusasioun shal not þenne assoyne. 1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados xiii. Prol. 133 How think we, he assonzeis [v.r. essonȝies] him for to astart. 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 65 Such as are absent, and have no care to be assoygned. 2. intransitive. To excuse oneself, decline, refuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] warn1297 to say nay?a1300 refusec1400 assoinc1440 escondyte?1518 nay1532 disclaim1560 nay-saya1800 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 15 Assoynynge or refusynge. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 365 With gret Inwy to Wallace fast he raid And he till him assonȝeit nocht for-thi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1297v.?c1225 |
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