† Mezentismn.
Obsolete.
Action or behaviour resembling that of Mezentius.
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enfamishment1611
Mezentism1659
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence iii. 81 A piece of Mezentism in his joyning of the Dead and Living together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1659- to put or set by
- to put or set foot forward
- to put or set forward
- to put or set forward a person
- to put or set on or in a flame
- to put or set on or in flame
- to put or set up the back
- to put or throw out of his stride
- to put or throw out off his stride
- to put or throw someone out of his stride
- to put or throw someone out off his stride
- to put order to
- to put our heads together
- to put out
- to put out ,forth for farm
- to put out ,forth in farm
- to put out ,forth to farm
- to put out a person's eyes
- to put out a person's eyes with
- to put out a person's eyes with a bribe
- to put out a person's eyes with a etc
- to put out a person's eyes with a gift
- to put out a person's light
- to put out a person's lights
- to put out feelers