durance

  • 11Durance — (Dürangß), Nebenfluß der Rhone, kommt vom M. Genèvre, ist reißend, nicht schiffbar, mündet nach einem Laufe von 34 Meilen unterhalb Avignon …

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  • 12durance — I noun arrest, bondage, bonds, captivity, commitment, confinement, custody, detention, forced confinement, forcible detention, immurement, incarceration, internment, legal restraint, /ettre de cachet, quarantine, restraint, restriction on… …

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  • 13durance — DURANCE, Fluuius, Druentia. Elle separe la Provence et le Dauphiné …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 14Durance — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Durance (homonymie). Durance La Durance à hauteur de Manosque …

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  • 15Durance — For the commune in the Lot et Garonne departement, see Durance, Lot et Garonne. Durance Mirabeau Bridge over the Durance. Origin Cottian Alps Mou …

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  • 16durance — /door euhns, dyoor /, n. 1. incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile). 2. Archaic. endurance. [1400 50; late ME < MF. See DURE2, ANCE] * * * ▪ river, France Latin  Druentia,         principal river draining the French&#8230; …

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  • 17durance — dur•ance [[t]ˈdʊər əns, ˈdyʊər [/t]] n. incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile) • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME duraunce duration &LT; MF durance=dur(er) to last (&LT; L; see endure) + ance ance …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18durance — noun Etymology: Middle English, duration, from Anglo French, from durer to last from Latin durare Date: 15th century 1. archaic endurance 2. restraint by or as if by physical force usually used in the phrase durance vile …

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  • 19durance — noun /ˈdjʊəɹəns/ Imprisonment; forced confinement. the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance …

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  • 20Durance — Sp Diuránsas Ap Durance L u. PR Prancūzijoje …

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