appliment en · NOUN
Etymology
From apply + -ment?
Meanings
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(obsolete) Application
Yet there are a ſort of diſcontented creatures that beare a ſtingeleſſe envie to great ones, and theſe will wreſt the doings of any man to their baſe malitious appliment: […]
c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Webster, “The Induction to the Malecontent, and the Additions Acted by the Kings Maiesties Servants”, in Iohn Marston, The Malcontent. […], revised edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| appliments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |