ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Amaine

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Amaine is an adverb meaning Obsolete spelling of amain.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of amain.

Example Sentences

So likewiſe turnde the Prince vpon the Knight, / And layd at him amaine with all his will and might.
And rearing Lindis [a river] backward pressed / Shook all her trembling bankes amaine; / Then madly at the eygre's breast / Flung uppe her weltring walls again.
[T]he Queene o'th Skie [ i.e., Juno], / Whoſe watry Arch, and meſſenger, am I. / Bids thee leaue theſe, & with her ſoueraigne grace, / Here on this graſſe-plot, in this very place / To come, and ſport: here [i.e., her] Peacocks flye amaine: / Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amain, moastly, againe, apparentlie, agayn, intirely.

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