amice
1 Americannoun
noun
abbreviation
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of amice1
1200–50; Middle English amice ( s ) < Old French amis, amys, plural of amit < Latin amictus mantle, cloak, equivalent to amic-, base of amicīre to wrap around ( am- ambi- + -ic-, combining stem of iacere to throw) + -tus noun suffix of verbal action (hence, originally the act of wrapping around)
Origin of amice2
late Middle English amisse < Middle French aumusse, aumuce < Spanish almucio < Latin almucia, almucium
Example Sentences
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For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord called cincture, the amice, a short linen cloth to cover the neck, and a red chasuble, a solemn cape, in honour of the pope.
From BBC
While their approach is fast enough to be used as a final safety check in some real-world situations, it is still too slow to be implemented directly in a robot motion planning loop, where decisions need to be made in microseconds, Amice says.
From Science Daily
By double-checking that the hyperplane function contains squared values, a human can easily verify that the function is positive, which means the trajectory is collision-free, Amice explains.
From Science Daily
“Salve, amice,” he said, and a subtle animation flickered in his rigid features, usually so locked up, and distant: “Valesne? Quid est rei?”
From Literature
Amice, previous to the Reformation, was a household favourite, and Colet a perfect pet.
From Project Gutenberg
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