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Traditional English :: eschew
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eschewal.html - v.tr. literary avoid; abstain from. eschewal n. [ME f. OF eschiver, ult. f. Gmc: rel. to SHY(1)] |
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Traditional English :: escheat
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eschewal.html - n. & v. hist. --n. 1 the reversion of property to the State, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
2 property affected by this. --v. 1 tr. hand over (property) as an escheat.
2 tr. confiscate.
3 intr. revert by escheat. [ME f. OF eschete, ult. f. L excidere (as EX-(1), cadere fall)] |
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Traditional English :: eschew
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eschewal.html - v.tr. literary avoid; abstain from. eschewal n. [ME f. OF eschiver, ult. f. Gmc: rel. to SHY(1)] |
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Traditional English :: eschatology
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eschewal.html - n. the part of theology concerned with death and final destiny. eschatological adj. eschatologist n. [Gk eskhatos last + -LOGY] |
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Traditional English :: escheat
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eschewal.html - n. & v. hist. --n. 1 the reversion of property to the State, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
2 property affected by this. --v. 1 tr. hand over (property) as an escheat.
2 tr. confiscate.
3 intr. revert by escheat. [ME f. OF eschete, ult. f. L excidere (as EX-(1), cadere fall)] |
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Traditional English :: eschew
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eschewal.html - v.tr. literary avoid; abstain from. eschewal n. [ME f. OF eschiver, ult. f. Gmc: rel. to SHY(1)] |
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