essoin
/ɪˈsɔɪn/
essoin verb: to excuse for failure to appear in court.
Verb
essoin (third-person singular simple present essoins, present participle essoining, simple past and past participle essoined)
Noun
essoin
- 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
- 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
Forms of essoin
| third-person singular present | essoins |
|---|---|
| present participle | essoining |
| past participle | essoined |
| past | essoined |
| alternative form | essoign |
Origin of essoin
Inherited from Middle English essoyne, from Old French essoignier, from Medieval Latin exoniō, essoniō (“excuse oneself; accept an excuse”), from ex- + sonium + -ō, sonium being from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“care, need”).
Words formed from essoin
- essoiner
- essoineur
Questions about essoin
- What does essoin mean?
- Essoin means to excuse for failure to appear in court.
- What part of speech is essoin?
- Essoin can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce essoin?
- Essoin is pronounced /ɪˈsɔɪn/.
- What is the past tense of essoin?
- The past tense of essoin is essoined.
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