† insisturen.
Obsolete. rare.
A word of obscure use in Shakespeare: taken variously in the sense of ‘persistency, constancy’ (Schmidt), ‘regularity, or perhaps station’ (Nares); perhaps = ‘steady continuance’ in their path.Apparently interpreted as two words by the compositor of the quarto of 1609.
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lengtha1240
date?1316
durationc1384
hautesse1399
quantity?a1425
periodc1475
tracta1513
allowance1526
continuance1530
wideness1535
continue1556
protense1590
countenance1592
stay1595
standing1600
dimension1605
longanimity1607
longinquity1607
insisture1609
existence1615
unprivationa1628
continuity1646
protension1654
measure1658
course1665
contention1666
propagation1741
protensity1886
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 87 The heauens them-selues, the plannets and this center Obserue degree, prioritie and place, In sisture [1623 Insisture], course, proportion, season, forme, Office and custome, in all line of order. View more context for this quotation
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