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amain

American  
[uh-meyn] / əˈmeɪn /

adverb

Archaic.
  1. with full force.

  2. at full speed.

  3. suddenly; hastily.

  4. exceedingly; greatly.


amain British  
/ əˈmeɪn /

adverb

  1. archaic with great strength, speed, or haste

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of amain

First recorded in 1530–40; a- 1 + main 1

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Production of electricity proceeds amain with new needs demanding more power and excess power stimulating new needs.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would seize a rope end in his strong young teeth and pull amain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aias, from The Iliad In Toledo last week, a group of U.S. wrestlers strove amain, using some of the classic grips of Homer's time.

From Time Magazine Archive

To assist this second hope, the Press of the land last week got behind the market and shoved amain.

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Then forth to meet the strangers rode Siegmund's knights amain.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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