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MAINPRISE

Definitions: MAINPRISE

MAINPRISE

Noun

1. Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

2. A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.

Transitive verb

1. To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: MAINPRISE

English words defined with "MAINPRISE": Mainpernor, Mainprised, Mainprising. (references)

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Modern Translations: MAINPRISE

Language Translations for "mainprise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ainprisemay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MAINPRISE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-m-n-p-r-s"

-1 letter: primines.

-2 letters: aspirin, impairs, imperia, impresa, inspire, marines, paniers, pianism, pismire, primine, primsie, rapines, rapinis, remains, seminar, senarii, spinier.

-3 letters: aimers, airmen, amines, animes, animis, arisen, armies, arpens, arsine, aspire, imines, impair, inarms, inseam, marine, mesian, miners, mispen, namers, panier, paries, pinier, praise, preman, primas, primes, raisin, ramens, ramies, rapine, rapini, remain, remans, remaps, repins, ripens, saimin, semina, simian, simper, sniper, spirea, spirem, sprain.

-4 letters: aimer, airns, amens, amies, amine, amins, amirs, anime, animi, anise, apers, apres, arise, arpen, aspen, asper, earns, emirs, imine, impis, inarm, mains, mairs, manes, manse, mares, marse, maser, means, mensa, miens, minae, minas, miner, mines, minis, mires, miser, namer, names, napes, nares, naris, neaps, nears, nemas, nipas, nisei, pains, pairs, paise, panes, pares, paris, parse, peans, pears, peins, penis, peris, perms, pians, piers, pimas, pinas, pines, pirns, prams, prase, presa, pries, prima, prime, primi, prims, prise, prism, rains, raise, ramen, ramie, ramps, ranis, rapes, reams, reaps, reins, reman, remap, repin, resin, rimes, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, saner, sarin, sepia, serai, serin, simar, siren, smear, snare, sneap, snipe, spare, spean, spear, speir, sperm, spier, spine, spire.

-5 letters: aims, ains, airn, airs, amen, amie, amin, amir, amis, amps, anes, anis, aper, apes, apse, ares, arms, arse, earn, ears, emir, eras, erns, impi, imps, inia, ires, iris, maes, main, mair, mane, mans, maps, mare, mars, mean, mesa, mien, mina, mine, mini, mire, miri, mirs, mise, name, nape, naps, neap, near, nema, nims, nipa, nips, nisi, pain, pair, pams, pane, pans, pare, pars, pase, pean, pear, peas, pein, pens, peri, perm, pian, pias, pier, pies, pima, pina, pine, pins, pirn, pram, prim, rain, rami, ramp, rams, rani, rape, raps, rase, rasp, ream, reap, rein, reis, rems, reps, rias, rime, rims, rins, ripe, rips, rise, sain, same, samp, sane, sari, seam, sear, semi, sera, sima, simp, sine, sipe, sire, snap, snip, spae, spam, span, spar, spin.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-m-n-p-r-s"
 

+2 letters: desipramine, imipramines, impairments, marlinspike, parsimonies, patrimonies, pleinairism.

 

+3 letters: aminopterins, aminopyrines, desipramines, epicureanism, impetrations, importancies, imprecations, marlinespike, marlinspikes, meanspirited, operationism, pleinairisms, preadmission.

 

+4 letters: anisometropia, anisometropic, epicureanisms, impersonality, impersonalize, impersonating, impersonation, impregnations, marlinespikes, misanthropies, operationisms, pedestrianism, preadmissions, preliminaries, pyridoxamines, reemphasizing, republicanism, semiporcelain, slipstreaming, supercriminal, supermilitant.

 

+5 letters: actinomorphies, amitriptylines, anisometropias, endoparasitism, imperativeness, impermanencies, impersonalized, impersonalizes, impersonations, impressionable, operationalism, pedestrianisms, polymerisation, predominancies, predominations, premeditations, prenominations, pyrimethamines, recompilations, reimportations, republicanisms, semiporcelains, supercriminals, temporizations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MAINPRISE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 49 4E 50 52 49 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    ..    -.    .--.    .-.    ..    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010000 01010010 01001001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#80 &#82 &#73 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0049 004E 0050 0052 0049 0053 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

473543485052435339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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