Sekirov Dictionary

amain

/əˈmeɪn/

adverb 4
verb 3
forms 5

adverb4

(dialect, UK) Out of control.
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(literary, no longer used) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.
- So likewise turnde the Prince vpon the Knight, And layd at him amaine with all his will and might. — 1596
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(no longer used) At full speed; also, in great haste.
- At length the Danes beeing assayled on eche side, both a front before, and on their backes behinde, oppressed as it were wyth multitude, they threwe downe theyr weapons and fled amain. — 1577
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(no longer used) Exceedingly; overmuch.
- Riches are mine, Fortune is in my hand; They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain, While Virtue, Valour, Wisdom sit in want. — 1671

verb3

(no longer used) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).
(figurative, no longer used) To decrease or reduce (something).
(no longer used) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.

forms

amained · amaining · amains · more amain · most amain

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