† egarv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To put aside, dispense with; intransitive. To stray, wander.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or dispense with
forbearc900
forgoa1175
aspare1377
dispensec1420
missa1450
renouncec1480
sparea1525
afford?1560
free1561
egar1584
suspense1584
dispend1614
to dispense witha1616
waive1669
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray
dwelec900
miswendOE
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175
to step astray, awry, beside1297
weyec1315
outrayc1330
strayc1330
waivea1375
forvay1390
outwandera1400
stragglea1425
waverc1485
wander?1507
swerve1543
wift?a1560
random1561
estray1572
egar1584
to go a-strayinga1586
to step aside1787
err1819
moider1839
maverick1910
1584 J. Soowthern Pandora sig. Aiii But if I will thus like Pindar, In many discourses Egar.
Derivatives
eˈgarring n.
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1544 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 765 Item, to know the Kinges Majestes pleasur..for egarring of certeyn fotemen.
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