† tyrandisen.
Obsolete.
1. The sway of a tyrant; absolute or despotic rule: = tyranny n. 1. rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy
tyrannyc1374
tyrandisea1387
tyrannity1535
absoluteness1574
tyrannism1591
Nimrodizing1605
will government1644
autocracy1659
autarchy1665
Neronism1670
despotism1728
sultanism1821
absolutism1824
autocratism1833
despotocracya1860
tyrannis1878
tyrantship1885
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 269 Þat tyme þe firste Denys usede tiraundise [v.r. tyraundys] in Sicilia.
2. Oppressive or despotic government, action, or treatment: = tyranny n. 3.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun]
threat971
duressc1320
defoulc1330
tyrantry1340
tyrannyc1368
oppressinga1382
overleadinga1382
tyrandisea1382
overlayingc1384
oppression1387
oversettinga1398
thronga1400
overpressingc1450
impressionc1470
tyrantshipc1470
tyrannesse?a1475
aggravation1481
defouling1483
supprissiona1500
oppressmentc1537
conculcation1547
iron hand?1570
thrall1578
tyrannizing1589
tyranting1596
ingrating1599
pressure1616
regrate1621
overpressure1644
slavishness1684
iron heel1798
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvi. 4 It bihouede to them, hauntende tiraundise, deth to comen on with oute excusacioun.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 283 Socrates was wel nygh alway in batayle, oþer in tyrauntise [1480 Caxton, tyrannyse], oþer in fredom, hardiere þan bataille oþer tiraundise.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 382 He schal..Governe and lede in such a wise, So that ther be no tirandise.
c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 253 To hem speke I alle-ther-most..That spendyþ her lyf in tyrandyse [a1400 Vesp. truandis].
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