Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēnervāciōn n.
Entry Info
Forms | ēnervāciōn n. |
Etymology | L ēnervātiōn-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Impairment (of a right or privilege); infringement (of an agreement or treaty).
Associated quotations
- (1429) Red Paper Bk.Colchester55 : In enervacon of the Kynges patronage.
- (1449) Proc.Privy C.6.71 : The saide ordennance..is directly enervacion of the trewe and contrary thereto, and in no wise reformable lesse then it be revoked.