What does sortance mean?
Sortance means (obsolete) fittingness; appropriateness; seemliness.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) fittingness; appropriateness; seemliness.
Here doth he wish his person, with such powers As might hold sortance with his quality, The which he could not levy; whereupon He is retired, to ripe his growing fortunes, To Scotland...
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Sortance means (obsolete) fittingness; appropriateness; seemliness.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here doth he wish his person, with such powers As might hold sortance with his quality, The which he could not levy; whereupon He is retired, to ripe his growing fortunes, To Scotland...
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