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maugre
[ maw-ger ]
preposition
- in spite of; notwithstanding.
maugre
/ ˈɔːɡə /
preposition
- obsolete.in spite of
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of maugre1
Example Sentences
She sometimes made her husband happy with her good qualities; But Much more frequently miserable—with her many failings: Insomuch that in thirty years cohabitation he often lamented That maugre of all her virtues, He had not, in the whole, enjoyed two years of matrimonial comfort.
The new-found Epilogue belongs as much to the political as to the dramatic history of those troublous times; and let us hope, maugre the unfortunate coarseness of the school to which it belongs, that Mr. Collier will some day present us with a reprint of it in toto, accompanied by the above noted preface, if it exist.
Cesario, by the roses of the spring, By maidhood, honour, truth, and every thing, I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride, Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide.
Streight way hee The monster crusht, maugre their midwiferie.
Doe not deceiue mee, eyes: doe I not see In this blest earth heauen's bright epitome, Circled with pure refin�d glory? heere I view a rising sunne in this our sphere, Whose blazing beames, maugre the blackest night, And mists of greife, dare force a joyfull light.
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