† enfrainv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To violate (a promise, an obligation).
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]
breakOE
to-breaka1067
false1303
forleta1325
loosec1400
to fall from ——a1425
renouncec1450
violate?a1475
enfrain1477
failc1500
falsify1532
transverse1532
infringe1533
crack1576
recess1581
recant1585
digress1592
strain1592
burst1600
equivocate1629
falsy1629
forfeit1654
to break through1712
infract1798
waive1833
welsh1925
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 84 Ofte times they [sc. promises]..ben enfrainte & broken.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxliii. 190 This commaundement I haue enfrayned and broken.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxvii. 130 By cause she shold haue..enfrayned her maryage she shold be stoned to dethe.
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