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Definition of 'amain'English
Etymology 1
From .
Adverb
( en-adv)
(archaic) With full force; forcefully, violently.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
*:So likewise turnde the Prince upon the Knight, / And layd at him amaine with all his will and might.
* Milton
- They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain .
* 1793, , line 87
- They spurred amain , their steeds were white:
(archaic) At full speed; in great haste.
* Holinshed
- They fled amain .
* , Chimes , VII, lines 5-6
- ''The heavy rain it hurries amain
- ''And heaven and the hurricane.
Out of control.
* 1790 , Felling/Heworth, Errington :
- two waggons coming after me amain [...]
Etymology 2
(etyl) amener.
Verb
( en-verb)
(nautical) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
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