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† aˈreadiness Obs.
Also 5 aredynes, 6–7 aredines(se, 7 arredi-.
[f. next + -ness.]
Readiness, preparedness.
a1500Hen. VII in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. ii. I. 20 In aredynes to resiste her malice. 1548Procl. in Strype Eccl. Mem. II. i. xii. 97 To have in ful areadiness..two good and hable horses. 1620Earl Hertf. in Fortesc. Papers 141 My arredinesse to serve your Majesties most vertuous daughter. |