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† amenance, -aunce Obs. [a. OFr. amenance, action of bringing, conducting, f. Fr. amener to lead, bring to: see -ance.] Conduct, bearing, mien.
1591Spenser Mother Hubb. T. 781 For armes and warlike amenaunce. 1596― F.Q. ii. viii. 17 Well kend him..Th' enchaunter by his armes and amenaunce. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. xi. ix, [He] with grave speech, and comely amenance Himself, his State, his Spouse, to them commended. 1739W. Melmoth Fitzosb. Lett. (1763) 290 One only impe he had..Whose sweet amenaunce pleas'd each shepherd's eye. |