† groundmentn.
Obsolete.
Foundation, origin.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun]
ground1340
root1340
substancec1384
fundament1395
foundationc1400
groundment?a1412
footing1440
anvila1450
bottom ground1557
groundwork1557
foot1559
platform1568
subsistence1586
subject matter1600
ground-colour1614
basisa1616
substratum1631
basement1637
bottoma1639
fonda1650
fibre1656
fund1671
fundamen1677
substruction1765
starting ground1802
fundus1839
?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 307 Yif of colre he [fever] take his groundement.
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n.?a1412- to beat the wind
- to beat time
- to beat to a mummy
- to beat to a mummy earlier into mummy
- to beat to a mummy earlier into to mummy
- to beat to a pulp
- to beat to death
- to beat to it
- to beat to mash
- to beat to nothing
- to beat to ribands
- to beat to snuff
- to beat to sticks
- to beat together
- to beat up
- to beat up for
- to beat up for recruits
- to beat up quarters
- to beat up recruits
- to beat up the quarters of
- to beat up the town for recruits
- to beat upon a walk
- to beat upon the hand
- to beat upon the hoof
- to beat with the spit