amanse
See also: amansé
English
Etymology
From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmānsumian (“to excommunicate, anathematize, curse, proscribe, outlaw”, literally “to disjoin”), from a- (“out, without”) + ġemāna (“community, company, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation”) + -sumian, equivalent to a- + mone (“companion, companionship”) + -some. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).
Verb
amanse (third-person singular simple present amanses, present participle amansing, simple past and past participle amansed)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To excommunicate; interdict.
- 1781, Jacob Bryant, Thomas Chatterton, Observations upon the poems of Thomas Rowley:
- From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens.
- 1781, Jacob Bryant, Thomas Chatterton, Observations upon the poems of Thomas Rowley:
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ban; curse; accurse.
Derived terms
- amansed
- amansing
Related terms
Portuguese
Spanish
Verb
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