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maugre

or ·

[ maw-ger ]

preposition

Archaic.
  1. in spite of; notwithstanding.


maugre

/ ˈɔːɡə /

preposition

  1. obsolete.
    in spite of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maugre1

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English, from Middle French: literally, “spite, ill-will,” equivalent to mau- mal- + gre gree 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maugre1

C13 (meaning: ill will): from Old French maugre, literally: bad pleasure
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Streight way hee The monster crusht, maugre their midwiferie.

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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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