Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of incommoding, or the state of being incommoded; inconvenience.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of incommoded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of being
incommoded .
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Examples
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` ` Friend Ranald, '' answered Dalgetty, ` ` I have read of these boons in silly story-books, whereby simple knights were drawn into engagements to their great prejudice; Therefore, Ranald, the more prudent knights of this day never promise anything until they know that they may keep their word anent the premises, without any displeasure or incommodement to themselves.
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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“Friend Ranald,” answered Dalgetty, “I have read of these boons in silly story-books, whereby simple knights were drawn into engagements to their great prejudice; wherefore, Ranald, the more prudent knights of this day never promise anything until they know that they may keep their word anent the premises, without any displeasure or incommodement to themselves.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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"Friend Ranald," answered Dalgetty, "I have read of these boons in silly story-books, whereby simple knights were drawn into engagements to their great prejudice; wherefore, Ranald, the more prudent knights of this day never promise anything until they know that they may keep their word anent the premises, without any displeasure or incommodement to themselves.
A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801
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