encheason

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noun

A cause, reason.

OriginMiddle English enchesoun ← Anglo-Norman enchaisun →
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Meanings

nounencheason (plural encheasons)

plural encheasons

  1. obsoleteA cause, reason.

    Certes (said he) well mote I shame to tell / The fond encheason, that me hither led.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanenchaisun
  2. Middle Englishenchesoun
  3. Englishencheason

Inherited from Middle English enchesoun, from Anglo-Norman enchaisun, encheson, alteration of achaisun, acheison after the prefix en-.

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APA

encheason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encheason

MLA

“encheason.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encheason. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encheason,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encheason.

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