meane

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noun

The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.

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Meanings

meane1

nounmeane (plural meanes)

plural meanes

  1. archaicentertainmentThe middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.

meane2

nounmeane (plural meanes)

plural meanes

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of mean.

    […] vſing all meanes to let all thoſe that are his to ſee the danger,[…]

    1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50

Origin

  1. Middle English[Term?]
  2. Englishmeane

From Middle English [Term?].

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

meanmean

Anagrams

enemaMeenaameenNaeemnameeMenaemeeanamene
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meane.

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