Middle English Dictionary Entry
aquī̆te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aquī̆te n. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF aquit impost, rent. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Exemption from payment of rent, etc.
Associated quotations
- c1460 Oseney Reg.95/16 : My heyres all þe fornamyd thynges..to þe saide chanons agaynste all pepull shalle warantize and aquite, and that this my ȝifte graunte and warantizyng and aquite be sure and stabull for Euer, hit with my present seeles puttyng to have I strenghthid.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1449) MSS Verulam in HMC3 fn. : [Instructions for the Ambassador to France:] he shal first solive [?read: solve] tharticle committed to Maistre Johan Lenfant and Sire Johan Hanford touching the cessing of the thacquicte of the Bastille of Yauvray and demolicon of the newe tour of Grantville and other.
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