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chiaused

chiaused

English

Verb

chiaused (obsolete)

  1. simple past tense and past participle of chiause
    • 1659, Shirley, James, Honoria and Mammon”, in William Gifford; Alexander Dyce, editors, The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, volume 6, London: Murray, published 1833, OCLC 614459420, page 28:
      What think you?—Chiaus'd by a scholar!
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chiaused.