Maugre

Quick meaning: Maugre is a preposition meaning (obsolete) In spite of, notwithstanding.

Meaning

(obsolete) In spite of, notwithstanding.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything.
2. (obsolete) Ill will; spite.

Example Sentences

He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […]

cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]

He chains the Deev in the centre of the mountain, and at the suit of Merjân hastens to attack another powerful Deev named Houdkonz; but here, alas! fortune deserts him, and, maugre his talismans and enchanted arms, the gallant Tahmuras falls beneath his foe.

In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality.

Word Forms

• mauger
• maulgre
• maugree

Synonyms for maugre

Depending on context, synonyms include nonetheless, withal, despite, notwithstanding.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noughtwithstanding, netheless, natheless, ne'ertheless, nethelesse, thogh.

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