† moyenantprep.
Obsolete.
By means of (also moyenant on). moyenant that: on condition that.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction]
anda1225
on condition thatc1369
purveyed1398
for why thata1400
providing1423
provided1430
proviso1434
savingc1450
provided1463
moyenant that?1473
on, upon (under, up, in, by, of, with) the (this, that, such, a) condition1535
providing1552
so as1585
condition1599
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [preposition]
ofeOE
throughOE
throughouta1250
moyenant?1473
moyening1512
via1930
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 102v I geue the thy lif and gyue the plain absolucion of all, moienant that neuer after thou replicque ne reherce this trespaas.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 417/b/2 Thy fader the deuyl ouer whome I haue hope to haue vyctorye moyenaunt on hym the name of Jhesu cryst.
a1500 in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 81 (MED) At the whiche dai, moynant the grace of Almyghty Jesu, the saide towne and castell were delivered unto the saide good Kynge Edward.
a1605 (c1471) Hist. Arrival King Edward IV (1838) 21 Suche, namely, as many dayes had bene lad to great inconveniences, and mischevs-doynge, moyenaunt the false, faynyd fables and disclandars that..were wont to be seditiously sowne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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