amanse
See also: amansé
English
Etymology
From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmānsumian (“to excommunicate, anathematize, curse, proscribe, outlaw”, literally “to disjoin”), from a- (“out, without”) + ġemāna (“community, company, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation”) + -sumian, equivalent to a- + mone (“companion, companionship”) + -some. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).
Verb
amanse (third-person singular simple present amanses, present participle amansing, simple past and past participle amansed)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To excommunicate; interdict.
- 1781, Jacob Bryant, Thomas Chatterton, Observations upon the poems of Thomas Rowley:
- From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens.
- 1781, Jacob Bryant, Thomas Chatterton, Observations upon the poems of Thomas Rowley:
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To ban; curse; accurse.
Derived terms
- amansed
- amansing
Related terms
- manse
Anagrams
- Samean, Seaman, seaman
Portuguese
Verb
amanse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of amansar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of amansar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of amansar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of amansar
Spanish
Verb
amanse
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amansar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amansar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of amansar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of amansar.