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August, n.|ˈɔːgəst|
Forms: 4 augoste, augst, 5 aust, 4– august.
[In form aust a. OF. aoust (mod. août):—L. augustus (see prec.); in current form, from the L.; in form augst partially latinized.]
The eighth month of the year, so named after Augustus Cæsar, the first Roman emperor.
1097O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Fram midde sumeran for neah oð August. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 39 In augoste in a hyȝ seysoun. 1393Gower Conf. III. 370 Till augst be passed and septembre. c1450Merlin ix. 132 It was feire wedir..as stille as aboute aust. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. i. 110 The tenth of August last. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. ii. 551 And August came the fainting year to mend With fruit and grain. |