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expectancy
English
Etymology
expectant +? -cy or expect +? -ancy
Noun
expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural expectancies)
- Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- […] the Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue.
- 1651, John Milton, The Life and Reigne of King Charls, London: W. Reybold, p. 110,[2]
- If you foresee not this misery, and the fatall consequence which necessarily must follow such a turn of Fortune, I must leave you to your own will and expectancy […]
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence, London: E. Curll, Volume 2, “The Feast of Trimalchio, Imitaded,” pp. 42-43,[3]
- […] this is generally thought to represent the Vices of Nero, who […] did from the highest Expectancy become a stubborn and a foolish Tyrant.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 34,[4]
- Renewed hope followed renewed effort: it shone like the former for some weeks, then, like it, it faded, flickered: not a line, not a word reached me. When half a year wasted in vain expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed.
- 1912, Saki, “The Match-Maker” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 23,[5]
- Six minutes later Clovis approached the supper-table, in the blessed expectancy of one who has dined sketchily and long ago.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- The state of being expected. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
- The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword,
- Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state […]
- 1791, John Trusler, The Habitable World Described, London, for the author, Volume 10, Chapter 9, p. 157,[7]
- […] Frederic II. King of Prussia, in consequence of an expectancy granted to the house of Brandenburg, by the Emperor Leopold in 1604, took possession of East Friezland […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
Synonyms
- expectingness (rare)
Derived terms
- life expectancy
Translations
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assurance
English
Alternative forms
- assuraunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??????ns/, /?????ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???????ns/, /???????ns/
- Rhymes: -????ns
- Hyphenation: as?sur?ance
Noun
assurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)
- The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
- Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
- Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
- Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
- the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance
- Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.
- Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity
- his assurance is intolerable
- (obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
- (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- c. 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
- c. 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- (theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- assurance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- anacruses
French
Etymology
From assurer +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sy.???s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
assurance f (plural assurances)
- insurance
- assurance
Related terms
- assurer
- assureur
Further reading
- “assurance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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