† aspernessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Sharpness, bitterness, severity.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. iv. 127 Tourmentid by asprenesse of peyne.
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n.c1374- to extent
- to extract
- to extract a quantity
- to extract forth
- to extract the michael
- to extract the michael out of
- to extract the root of a number or quantity
- to extravagate it
- to exuberate in
- to exuberate into
- to eye over
- to eye up
- to fable up
- to fabric up
- to fabricate about with
- to face a lie
- to face a lie upon
- to face a person out of
- to face a person with
- to face a person with a lie
- to face about
- to face and brace
- to face down
- to face facts
- to face it out