chapitre

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A form of chapter — One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.

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nounchapitre (plural chapitres)

plural chapitres

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of chapter.

    And ſeke to this in the .xii. chapitre in the lettre D. after that ſeke for this i^([sic]) the xxvii. chapitre in the lettre J.

    [1528?], Jherom Bruynswyke, translated by Laurence andrew, The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes […], [London]
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    […] thoſe thynges, which ſhall be ſayd hereafter, in the .ix. the .x. yͤ .xiiii. and the .xviii. chapitres of this preſent dyccyon.

    1535 July 27, [Marsilius of Padua], translated by Wyllyam Marshall, The Defence of Peace: […], [London]: […] Robert wyer / for wyllyam marshall, folio 65, recto

    For the firſt, let Nicephorus be examined, whome you here alleage in two places, the 9. boke the 13. and the 27. chapitres. I meane the 27. for in the other chapitre there is no worde of that matter, and ſo ſhall it appeare whether you be a lyer or no.

    1565 December 3, Thomas Dorman, A Disproufe of M. Novvelles Reproufe, Antwerp: […] Iohn Laet, folio 36, verso

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chapitre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapitre

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“chapitre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapitre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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