maugre

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1. obsoleteIn spite of, notwithstanding.First known use 14th c.

   He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […]

   [c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Skeat, The Wife of Bath's Tale (in Middle English)

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   In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality.

   1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The First Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph II, page 6

   He chains the Deev in the centre of the mountain, and at the suit of Merjân hastens to attack another powerful Deev named Houdkonz; but here, alas! fortune deserts him, and, maugre his talismans and enchanted arms, the gallant Tahmuras falls beneath his foe.

   1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 31

   Synonyms: despite, regardless of, despite, with, for all, irrespective of, notwithstanding, regardless of

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1. not comparableobsoleteNotwithstanding, despite everything.First known use 14th–17th c.

   cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]

   1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto xi

   Synonyms: even so, nonetheless, withal

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1. obsoleteuncountableIll will; spite.