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ascaunt

ascaunt is the obsolete form of askance.

Meaning of askance

Adverb

askance (not comparable)

  1. Of a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
    • The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
  2. Obliquely, sideways.
    • [S]he caſt her dewed eyes aſ kance, / And ſpying me, gan rovvſe her heauie head, / And praide me pen her ſad and heauie chance, / And ſhe recounted it that preſent ſted, […]1584, Thomas Lodge, “Truths Complaint ouer England”, in An Alarum against Usurers. […], London: […] T[homas] Este, for Sampson Clarke, […], →OCLC, folio 37, verso
    Synonyms:
    asquint

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Questions about ascaunt

What is ascaunt the obsolete form of?
Ascaunt is the obsolete form of askance.

Words near ascaunt in the dictionary

  1. ascarosides
  2. ascarosis
  3. ascars
  4. ascarylose
  5. ASCAs
  6. ascaunt
  7. ASCE
  8. Ascella
  9. Ascencio
  10. Ascencion
  11. Ascencions

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