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encheason

encheason noun: a cause, reason.

Noun

encheason (plural encheasons)

  1. (obsolete) A cause, reason.
    • Certes (said he) well mote I shame to tell / The fond encheason, that me hither led.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of encheason

pluralencheasons

Origin of encheason

Inherited from Middle English enchesoun, from Anglo-Norman enchaisun, encheson, alteration of achaisun, acheison after the prefix en-.

Questions about encheason

What does encheason mean?
Encheason means a cause, reason.
What part of speech is encheason?
Encheason is a noun.
What is the plural of encheason?
The plural of encheason is encheasons.

Words near encheason in the dictionary

  1. enchauntours
  2. enchauntress
  3. enchauntresses
  4. enchaunts
  5. enchaussure
  6. encheason
  7. encheasons
  8. encheer
  9. encheered
  10. encheering
  11. encheers

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