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essoign

essoign is the alternative spelling of essoin.

Meaning of essoin

Noun

essoin

  1. (UK, obsolete) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
    • [W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.1726, [Jonathan Swift], Cadenus and Vanessa. A Poem, London: […] J. Roberts […], →OCLC, page 9
  2. (obsolete) Excuse; exemption.
    • From euery worke he chalenged essoyne.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 20

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Forms of essoign

third-person singular presentessoigns
present participleessoigning
past participleessoigned
pastessoigned

Questions about essoign

What is essoign the alternative spelling of?
Essoign is the alternative spelling of essoin.

Words near essoign in the dictionary

  1. Esslingers
  2. Essman
  3. Essmans
  4. Essner
  5. Essners
  6. essoign
  7. essoigned
  8. essoigning
  9. essoignment
  10. essoigns
  11. essoin

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