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† aˈmaister, v. Obs.
3–5. Also ameistre, amayster.
[a. OFr. amaistre-r, -ier, to master, to teach, f. à to + maistrer, -ier:—L. magist(e)rā-re to direct, rule, f. magister master.]
To master, control, subdue; to teach.
c1230Ancr. R. 282 Schal flesches fondunge..ameistre þe neuer. 1340Ayenb. 129 Þe guode leche þet amaystreþ his ziknesse. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 200 Hou I mihte A-Maystren hem · and maken hem to worche. 1393― C. iii. 167 For we han mede a-maistrid · þorw oure myrye tonge. c1400Test. Love i. (1560) 274/1 Disease shall no more hereafter thee amaistre.
[1876G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Gloss. s.v., An old man near Leintwardine, speaking of his schoolmaster, said ‘'E used to amaister me, Sir.’ Now rarely heard.] |