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▪ I. maugre, n. and prep.|ˈmɔːgə(r)|
Forms: α. 4–5 maugreþ, mawgrethe, malegrefe, -greue, mawgref(e, 4–6 maugref(e, 5 maugreue. β. 4–7 malgre, 5–7 malgrye, 5–8 maulgre. γ. 4 magrei, maugray, magrey, 4–5 maugrey, mawgr(e)y, 4–6 magry, maugrie, -y, magree, 4–7 maugree, 4–9 magre, 5 mawgre, magger, Sc. magra, 5–8 mauger, 6 mawger, mager, -ir, maugrea, mawgree, magrie, 3– maugre.
[a. OF. maugré, malgré (= Pr. mal grat, It. malgrado) f. mal bad, evil + gré (see gree n.2). The mod.F. malgré has sometimes been used by Eng. writers as a foreign word; so in the 16th c. the It. malgrado.]
†A. n. Obs.
1. Ill-will, displeasure, or spite, borne by a person towards another. Often in phr. to can maugre or con maugre (see can v.1 10, con v.1 4 b).
c1320Sir Tristr. 2017 He ne couþe him bot maugre. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 250 Þer was malys mercyles & mawgre much scheued. c1422Hoccleve Learne to Die 283 Why was y nat ferd of goddes maugree? c1460Towneley Myst. xxiv. 270 Take it to you with all the mawgre of myn and myght of mahowne. 1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xl. 405, I haue herd moche of your maugre ageynst me. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 185 Wyte it not me,..ne conne me noo maulgre. 15..Curs. J. Rowlis 161 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl.) 303 Malice, rancour and invy, With magry and malancoly. 1513Douglas æneis ix. Prol. 17 Wirk na malgre, thocht thou be nevir sa wyght. 1515Barclay Egloges v. (1570) D iij b, I thought no mauger, I tolde it for a bourde. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 259 Pollio..had none other cause to surceasse his maugre.
b. Phr., bongre maugre (F. bon gré mal gré), whether one will or no, willy-nilly.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxxiv. (1869) 154 Thi god he shal be boongree mawgree.
2. The state of being regarded with ill-will. Chiefly in phr. to have, get maugre. Also, an instance of this.
c1290St. Nicholas 457 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 253 Ȝif þat þou woldest þure-fore þou haue maugre. a1300Cursor M. 21471 Maugre [Fairf. maugrefe] þar-for mot þai haf. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12898 Ȝyf hit falle wel, wel schal vs be; Ȝyf hit ne do, we gete maugre. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 465 Heere may cristenmen soone wite which clerk or lord..haþ wille to stonde þerfore & suffere a magrey. 1415Hoccleve Let. Cupid 376 Wyteth the feend, and his be the maugree. c1430How wise Man tauȝt his Son 47 in Babees Bk., And gete þee mawgre heere & þeere More þan þank. 1453in 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. iii. 9 Gyf ony of thaim happyns to inryn fedis or maugreis. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. xi. 815 Here wynne ye no worshyp but maulgre and dishonoure. 1483Cath. Angl. 231/1 A Mawgry, demeritum. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 167 Ȝe haue seruit greit magrie to ȝour meid.
3. in (the) maugre of: in spite of, notwithstanding; = B (below).
c1440Gesta Rom. lxiv. 277 (Harl. MS.) In malgre of þi tethe. a1500Chevy Chase 3 in Skeat Spec. Eng. Lit. iii. 68 That he wold hunte In the mowntayns..In the magger of doughté dogles. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 687 [He] wan the wod in magir of thame all. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb vii. 50 An' we'll dee't still, i' maugre o' an Erastian Presbytery.
B. (adv. and) prep.
1. In spite of, notwithstanding; notwithstanding the power of. arch.
c1264Song agst. King Almaigne in Pol. Songs (Camden) 69 Let him habbe, ase he brew, bale to dryng, maugre Wyndesore. c1350Will. Palerne 3745 A kniȝt..hade him out of þe ost mawgrey hem alle. 1377Langl. P.Pl. B. vi. 69 [To] make hem mery þere-mydde maugre who-so bigruccheth it. c1400Sowdone Bab. 1442 Thai were agon, Magre who so wolde. 1481Caxton Godfrey xxiii. 55 Ther wente wel somtyme .X. M or more, maulgre the barons. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 939 He threw it into the fire, maugrie all the Cardinalls that were about him. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. i. 48 Tell what thou saw'st, maulgre who so it heares. 1686F. Spence tr. Varillas' Ho. Medicis 177 The quarrel, wherein they were engaged, maugre their endeavours and inclinations for peace. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4061/3 Keeping the Mastery at Sea,..maugre the..Strength of the Enemy's Fleet. 1755Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 202, I persevere in this career, maugre and in despite of my own understanding. 1765Museum Rust. iv. xliv. 193 Maugre my most sanguine expectations, the field by no means answers. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xxii. (1857) 488, I continued my rounds, maugre the suspicion. 1892Nation (N.Y.) 4 Aug. 93/3 ‘La Débâcle’, maugre all faults, stands out as Zola's best and strongest work up to the present time.
¶ Used by Spenser for: A curse upon..!
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. v. 12 [Fortune] That hath (maugre her spight) thus low me laid in dust. Ibid. iii. iv. 39 Yett, maulgre them, farewell my sweetest sweet!
†b. maugre his, ours, etc.: in spite of him, etc. [Cf. OF. maugré suen, maugré vostre, etc.] Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 4305 Maugre his, he dos him lute. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10266 Maugre oures, forsoþe hit was. 1390Gower Conf. II. 3 God wot that is malgre myn. c1450Merlin xiv. 214 Magre hirs thei were driven bakke. c1500Lancelot 115 Al magre thine a seruand schal yow bee.
†c. maugre of, to, with: in spite of. Obs.
c1470Henry Wallace vi. 393 Thow sall ws se..Battaill to gyff, magra off all thi kyn. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. vii. (1520) 100/2 The kynge..gate the castell maugre of them all that were within. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clx. 150 He than assemblyd to hym a strong hoost, and recoueryd his wyfe, malgre to all his enmyes. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark iii. 30 Whose power the findes are compelled maugry of theyr heades, to geue place unto. 1646Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres iv. 67 She was maugre with those which would have defended her, taken prisoner.
d. without regimen. (Cf. malgré, quot. 1608.)
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. xxiv, So infortunate was vs that fremyt day, That maugre, playnly, quhethir we wold or no [etc.]. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. i. 29 Until that Talus had his pride represt, And forced him, maulgre, it up to reare. 1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy i. xvii. 94 He shall (maugre) be forced to confesse, that [etc.].
2. Phrases. maugre (a person's) teeth, head: in spite of (his) resistance, notwithstanding all (he) can do (arch. and dial.). † Formerly also in many other forms now obs., as maugre (his) beard, cheeks, eyes, face, heart, mind, mouth, nose, visage, will.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2090 Maximian was suþþe aslawe maugre [MS. B magrei] is nose. 13..K. Alis. 5840 He..maugre the teeth of hem alle, Sette his rigge to the walle. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 44 Much maugre his mun, he mot nede suffer. c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1201 Maugre myn heed, I muste haue tolde her or be deed. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 170 Þe fend may not do but if þat it turne to þe worschipe of God mawgrethe hys wille. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 315 That oon thou shalt forgo, maugree thyne eyen. a1400–50Alexander 1747 Made to be meke malegreue his chekis. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. xi. 816 Kynge Arthur shalle haue his Quene and the maulgre thy vysage. 1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 274/1 So should al our dedes good or badde, ascend or descende by the violent hande of God, magre our mindes. c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 5 Quodcunque ligaveris, I trow, will playe soch a parte, That I shall abyde in Ynglond, magry yowr harte. 1555[see beard n. 1 e]. 1614T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iv. (1615) C, Not haue his sister? Cricca, I will haue Flavia, Maugre his head. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xix. 513 He may see your Highness enjoy your blessed estate, maugre the beards of all confederated leaguers. 1891Barrie Little Minister xliii, But, dominie, I couldna hae moved, magre my neck.
▪ II. † ˈmaugre, v. Obs.
[a. F. maugréer, f. maugré maugre n.]
trans. To show ill-will to; to defy, oppose. Also with down.
1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 179 Except by horrible bannings and swearings they despight and maugre God. c1609Webster Appius & Virginia ii. iii, Whose bases are of Marble, deeply fixt To mauger all gusts and impending stormes. 1632Tatham Love crowns the end (1640) K ij, Had you smil'd as you did frowne, All his strength I'd mauger'd downe. |