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octroy

octroy verb: to grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).

Verb

octroy (third-person singular simple present octroys, present participle octroying, simple past and past participle octroyed)

  1. To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
    • This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.1848, Frances Wright, England, the Civilizer: Her History Developed in Its Principles
    • Meanwhile, however, preparations were already being made by the imperial court to impose the octroyed constitution (composed by the Interior Minister, Count Franz Stadion) on March 4, 1849, and to dissolve the Parliament on March 7.2008, Oto Luthar, The Land Between: A History of Slovenia, page 288

Forms of octroy

third-person singular presentoctroys
present participleoctroying
past participleoctroyed
pastoctroyed

Origin of octroy

From Middle English octroy, from Middle French octroyer, from Old French otroiier, from Latin auctōrizō. Doublet of authorize.

Questions about octroy

What does octroy mean?
Octroy means to grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
What part of speech is octroy?
Octroy is a verb.
What is the past tense of octroy?
The past tense of octroy is octroyed.

Words near octroy in the dictionary

  1. octreotate
  2. octreotide
  3. octriptyline
  4. octroi
  5. octrois
  6. octroy
  7. octroyed
  8. octroying
  9. octroys
  10. OCTS
  11. OCTU

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