achevisauncen.
Apparently a transmission error for a chevisaunce (see chevisance n.1). The sense of the quot. appears to be ‘a means, a provision for accomplishing something’.Interpreted by N.E.D. (1884) as ‘a. OF achevis-, acheviss-ance n. of action f. achevir, achevissant, by-form of achever to achieve’, and defined there as ‘achieving, accomplishment’.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun]
enda1300
chevisancec1330
applyinga1382
perfectiona1382
pointc1385
finishmentc1400
accomplishingc1405
complement1419
consummationa1425
effecta1425
performinga1425
accomplishment1425
fining?1448
complishing1449
complishment1454
achevisauncec1475
achievement1477
perfectinga1513
cheving?1518
furniture1529
achievance1531
exploiture1531
exploiting1538
perimplishment1554
consummating1555
finishing?1563
chevance1570
coronation1582
crowning1586
adimpletion1624
fulfilment1624
complusmenta1628
completure1642
completement1652
transaction1655
patration1656
perfunction1656
completion1657
completing1727
ultimation1791
finality1833
perfectuation1859
fruition1885
c1475 (?a1449) in Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 834 Almesdede shal make achevisaunce [read a chevisaunce] Texclude by grace the rigour of vengeaunce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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- dirdum
- dirdums
- dire
- dire necessity
- dire sisters
- dire-clinging
- dire-gifted
- dire-lamenting
- dire-looking
- dire-visaged
- direclinging
- direct
- direct acting
- direct action
- direct actioner
- direct actionist
- direct address
- direct addressing
- direct aid climbing
- direct ancestor
- direct broadcast
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