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amanse

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈmænz/

Definition of amanse

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To excommunicate; interdict.
    “From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens.”
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verb

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To excommunicate; interdict.
    “From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens.”
  2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To ban; curse; accurse.

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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. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).

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