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Definition of Maugre
1. v. t. To defy.
Definition of Maugre
1. Preposition. (archaic) Notwithstanding; in spite of. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. (defdate 14th-17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maugre
1. in spite of [prep]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maugre
Literary usage of Maugre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"I do think nothing but this thick cap saved me for your comfort a little longer,
maugre the cat's liées (Coop., Spy 9.). maugre Old-Fr. malgré, maugre, ..."
2. A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett: Selected and by William Leggett, Theodore Sedgwick (1840)
"It is a common law right, not a right by statute, maugre all decisions to the
contrary. If, on the other hand, his right is derived from a law founded on ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1853)
"Of the Colonel, the Doolittles, Mike and Will. So, maugre the stoutness, valour,
and skill The whites are ..."
4. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"maugre alt which 'twas to stand fast (Bim,., Hud. 1, 1, 269.). I do think nothing
but this thick cap saved me for your comfort a little longer, maugre the ..."
5. Songs, Odes, and Other Poems, on National Subjects: Compiled from Various by William McCarty (1842)
"... The flag of Columbia dishonour d each day; While Emperor Boney, new broils to
excite, Would govern her councils with absolute sway; But, maugre them, ..."
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