† achievancen.
Obsolete.
The action of achieving something; an achievement.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun]
enda1300
chevisancec1330
applyinga1382
perfectiona1382
pointc1385
finishmentc1400
accomplishingc1405
complement1419
consummationa1425
effecta1425
performinga1425
accomplishment1425
fining?1448
complishing1449
complishment1454
achevisauncec1475
achievement1477
perfectinga1513
cheving?1518
furniture1529
achievance1531
exploiture1531
exploiting1538
perimplishment1554
consummating1555
finishing?1563
chevance1570
coronation1582
crowning1586
adimpletion1624
fulfilment1624
complusmenta1628
completure1642
completement1652
transaction1655
patration1656
perfunction1656
completion1657
completing1727
ultimation1791
finality1833
perfectuation1859
fruition1885
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > an achievement
feata1400
wonder-worka1400
exploitc1425
achievance1531
achievement1583
attaining1606
attainment1665
effort1857
get1992
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxij. sig. fviiv To them that wyll rede his noble actes and achieuances.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 321 Of all which his acheuaunces the sayd king Richard sent his letters of certificate.
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 28 Their dexterity for the attainment of any notable atchievance surpasseth.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. vii. 99 Hee betakes all to that chaunce which fortune gives to boldest atchivaunce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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