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amanse.

To excommunicate; interdict.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈmænz/
  1. To excommunicate; interdict.

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
  2. To ban; curse; accurse.

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“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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