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† aˈchesoun Obs.
[a. OFr. acheson, acheison, achaison, -un occasion, cause, motive:—L. occāsiōn-em occasion, n. of action f. occās- ppl. stem of occid-ĕre, f. oc- = ob- in the way of + cad-ĕre to fall. Very early refashioned in Anglo-Fr. as anchesoun, enchesoun, by form-assoc. with words in which a- stood for earlier en-, an-: see a- prefix 10, so that enchesoun, encheason, became a far more common form in Eng. Also as early as 3 aphetized to chesoun.]
Occasion, reason, purpose, motive.
c1330Arthour & Merlin 132 And all he it dede for traisoun, King to be was his achesoun.
c1230Ancren Riwle 232 Six ancheisuns beoð hwi God..wiðdrauhð him. 1297R. Glouc. 452 Wan ich am enchesun of such pereyl. a1400Metr. Hom. 38 Bot chesoun till him fand scho nan. |