mense
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- menseful adjective
- menseless adjective
Etymology
Origin of mense
1490–1500; variant (north) of mensk, Middle English menske courtesy, honor < Old Norse menska humanity, cognate with Old English menniscu literally, the human state; akin to mensch. See man, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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I cannot interpret "in viiij mense;" but the rest should evidently be "anno Regis Edwardi tertii post ultimum conquestum Hiberni� quarto."
From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Sheet 2 the dedication, dated “Isnæ Algoiæ, mense Maio, Anno à Christo nato, M.D.XLII.”
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
Ellacombe: "die pasche in viiij mense anno B. Etii post ultimum conquestum hibernia quarto."
From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Mater, ades, florum, ludis celebranda jocosis: Distuleram partes mense priore tuas.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Calor æstivus, jam desinente mense Junio, nimius est, et de die in diem intolerabilior crescit; unde RR.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
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