Amanse

//əˈmænz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To excommunicate; interdict. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

    "From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens."

  2. 2
    To ban; curse; accurse. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

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"From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens."

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. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).

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