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maugre
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tags: [obsolete]
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Definition:in spite of; despite
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he like a noble gentleman rejoicing more in his love than esteeming the loss of his friends, maugre them all was married, not in a chamber privately as one fearing tumults, but openly in the church, as one ready to answer any objections.
John Lyly. Euphues and his England (1582)
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Be master of my body, and my good,
The one thou shalt forego, maugre thine eyen.
What helpeth it of me t'inquire and spyen?
Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue (1400)
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Therefore positive law, and such decree,
Is broke alway for love in each degree
A man must needes love, maugre his head.
He may not flee it, though he should be dead,
Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale
maugre is used 12 times in Canterbury tales
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But sir Leopold was passing grave maugre his word by cause he still had pity of the terrorcausing shrieking of shrill women in their labour and as he was minded of his good lady Marion that had borne him an only manchild which on his eleventh day on live had died and no man of art could save so dark is destiny.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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Behold, it is my privilege,
The privilege of mine honors,
My oath, and my profession. I protest,
Maugre thy strength, place, youth, and eminence,
[Despite] thy victor-sword and fire-new fortune,
Thy valor, and thy heart, thou art a traitor;
William Shakespeare. King Lear
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