† askancesconj.adv.

Forms: (Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

α. Middle English ascaunces, Middle English ase quances, 1500s ascanses, 1500s askaunces.

β. Middle English a-scaunce, Middle English as-caunse, Middle English a-skaunse, Middle English askaunse, Middle English a-skawnce, Middle English as scauns, Middle English as skaunce, Middle English as skaunce, Middle English as skawns, Middle English as-scauns, Middle English ascance, Middle English ascannce, Middle English ascaunce, Middle English ascauns, Middle English ascaunse, Middle English ascaunz, Middle English askans, Middle English askauns, Middle English escaunce.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with an English element; perhaps partly modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: as adv., French quanses.

Etymology: Apparently ultimately < as adv. + Old French quanses, canses, cansez, quanse as if to say, that is to say, appearing as though, feigning, dissembling (all 12th cent.; also late 12th cent. in quanses que as if, as though) < classical Latin quam si as if, as though < quam , interrogative and relative adverb + si conditional particle (see quasi adv.), perhaps partly after Middle Dutch als quansis, als quansijs (a1325), als quans (mid 14th cent.), both ‘as if, as if to say’ (apparently < als (see as adv.) + quansijs, quansis (Dutch kwansuis, with alteration of the ending), quans (Dutch kwans) < Old French quanses, quanse).Probably associated with adverbs in a- prefix³, which may in some cases have influenced the written form of the word.

Obsolete.

A. conj.

As though, as if.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as if or as though

asOE

as ifc1175

askancesc1350

as whoc1380

like asa1393

like1405

like as and1523

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 35 Wanne man hys repentaunt ischriue, He scholde..by-fle Chypeans [perh. read cheans [= chance]], of sennes rote, Ase quances, He þat byflek wel lecherye Bi-ulekþ foule continaunce.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 37 And wroot the names..Ascaunces [c1415 Corpus Oxf. Ascance, c1415 Lansd. Askaunse, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 As-caunse] that he wolde for hem preye.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 2554 A spirit of feyned pacience..As scauns she hadde been in vertu strong.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. l. 39 And euen therthe aboue ascaunz her noon is.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1797 They walkid to & fro..as skaunce þey knewe nauȝte.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvi. sig. Z6^v Keeping a countenance ascanses she vnderstood him not.

B. adv.

1. As if to say; as much as to say.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] > in supposed meaning

askancesa1413

as if he should say (should have said)1552

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 292 She leet falle Here look a lite a-side in swych manere Ascaunces what may I not stonden here [It. quasi dicesse, E no ci si puo star]?

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 8987 (MED) Vpon a stoole She dressed here hygh, And hoved a-scaunse: ‘Take hede of me, And thenk what I haue charge[d] the.’

1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers (new ed.) in Posies p. ci Therewith he raysde his heauy head alight, Askaunces Ha! in deede and thinkst thou so.

2. With affectation, artificially, insincerely; deceptively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb]

askancesc1450

hollowlya1547

from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561

teeth outward(s)1561

unsincerelya1575

hollow1607

insincerely1625

fictly1677

with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842

phonily1936

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) l. 3667 All othir whiche þat come askaunce Ben goode to feste with straungeris soche.

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) l . 4337 Ther goth such on askaunce Bi his devise or yet bi browderure To make an ennysen a couverture.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 396 And so the kynge com ascawnce to sir Trystrames to comforte hym as he lay syke..But as longe as kynge Marke lyved he loved never aftir sir Trystramys.

a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 604 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 102 (MED) When they so sore begynne to sigh askaunce.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	askances
释义	† askancesconj.adv. Forms: (Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) α. Middle English ascaunces, Middle English ase quances, 1500s ascanses, 1500s askaunces. β. Middle English a-scaunce, Middle English as-caunse, Middle English a-skaunse, Middle English askaunse, Middle English a-skawnce, Middle English as scauns, Middle English as skaunce, Middle English as skaunce, Middle English as skawns, Middle English as-scauns, Middle English ascance, Middle English ascannce, Middle English ascaunce, Middle English ascauns, Middle English ascaunse, Middle English ascaunz, Middle English askans, Middle English askauns, Middle English escaunce. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with an English element; perhaps partly modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: as adv., French quanses. Etymology: Apparently ultimately < as adv. + Old French quanses, canses, cansez, quanse as if to say, that is to say, appearing as though, feigning, dissembling (all 12th cent.; also late 12th cent. in quanses que as if, as though) < classical Latin quam si as if, as though < quam , interrogative and relative adverb + si conditional particle (see quasi adv.), perhaps partly after Middle Dutch als quansis, als quansijs (a1325), als quans (mid 14th cent.), both ‘as if, as if to say’ (apparently < als (see as adv.) + quansijs, quansis (Dutch kwansuis, with alteration of the ending), quans (Dutch kwans) < Old French quanses, quanse).Probably associated with adverbs in a- prefix³, which may in some cases have influenced the written form of the word. Obsolete. A. conj. As though, as if. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > as if or as though asOE as ifc1175 askancesc1350 as whoc1380 like asa1393 like1405 like as and1523 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 35 Wanne man hys repentaunt ischriue, He scholde..by-fle Chypeans [perh. read cheans [= chance]], of sennes rote, Ase quances, He þat byflek wel lecherye Bi-ulekþ foule continaunce. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 37 And wroot the names..Ascaunces [c1415 Corpus Oxf. Ascance, c1415 Lansd. Askaunse, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 As-caunse] that he wolde for hem preye. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 2554 A spirit of feyned pacience..As scauns she hadde been in vertu strong. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. l. 39 And euen therthe aboue ascaunz her noon is. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1797 They walkid to & fro..as skaunce þey knewe nauȝte. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvi. sig. Z6^v Keeping a countenance ascanses she vnderstood him not. B. adv. 1. As if to say; as much as to say. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] > in supposed meaning askancesa1413 as if he should say (should have said)1552 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 292 She leet falle Here look a lite a-side in swych manere Ascaunces what may I not stonden here [It. quasi dicesse, E no ci si puo star]? a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 8987 (MED) Vpon a stoole She dressed here hygh, And hoved a-scaunse: ‘Take hede of me, And thenk what I haue charge[d] the.’ 1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers (new ed.) in Posies p. ci Therewith he raysde his heauy head alight, Askaunces Ha! in deede and thinkst thou so. 2. With affectation, artificially, insincerely; deceptively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb] askancesc1450 hollowlya1547 from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561 teeth outward(s)1561 unsincerelya1575 hollow1607 insincerely1625 fictly1677 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842 phonily1936 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) l. 3667 All othir whiche þat come askaunce Ben goode to feste with straungeris soche. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) l . 4337 Ther goth such on askaunce Bi his devise or yet bi browderure To make an ennysen a couverture. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 396 And so the kynge com ascawnce to sir Trystrames to comforte hym as he lay syke..But as longe as kynge Marke lyved he loved never aftir sir Trystramys. a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 604 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 102 (MED) When they so sore begynne to sigh askaunce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < conj.adv.c1350
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