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  • verb Obsolete spelling of demand.

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Examples

  • Elders had saied, or answered to any demaunde, thei neuer would contrarie it.

    The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

  • Gisippus, who had divers dayes noted his melancholly disposition, and now his falling into extreamitie of sicknesse, was very sorry to behold it: and with all meanes and inventions he could devise to use, hee both questioned the cause of this straunge alteration, and essayed everie way, how hee might best comfort him, never ceassing to demaunde a reason, why he should become thus sad and sickely.

    The Decameron 2004

  • That their Gunner shot off one of their pieces, which was charged with pouder onely, and was stopped; which our men thinking it had bin shot at them, shot againe, and so beganne the fight: and that the next morning they would send my Lord a resolute answere to his demaunde, for as yet they could not knowe their Gouernours minde herein.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • It behoueth nowe then, that they should aduaunce them selues in your presence, for the defence of my burning loue: and if the same do raine in you, whiche haue power in the wise, then I beseche you to geue me counsayle and aide in the thing which I shal demaunde.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • But althoughe your grace, seeming both in wealth, and also in multitude of men, to be a riche and mightie king, yet I cannot aunswere fullye your demaunde, before I see howe well you doe ende your life: for the rich man is not more happie, because he hath long life, except to his riches fortune graunt that he lead a good and honest life.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Corinthe, saying: that Lais by reason of her excellent beautie, and pleasaunt fauour, demaunded for the vse of her body, a great somme of money: vnto whom was resorte of all the ryche men of Græcia: but she woulde not admitte them to that facte, except they would first giue vnto her, her demaunde.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Court, marueyled what toyes were in the womens heads, to make that demaunde.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • And because he thought her to be of base parentage, he durst not demaunde her of his father and mother to wyfe.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Amitie proceded on either parties, till the Romanes began to demaunde the first restitution which the Albanes denied, and summoned warres to bee inferred vppon them within thirtie daies after.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Englande, determined with speede to send a great companie of noble men thyther, to demaunde his daughter in mariage: of the which the Lorde of

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

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