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• covenaunt (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/, /ˈkʌv.nənt/
• 韻: -ʌvənənt, -ʌvnənt

名詞

covenant (plural covenants)

1. (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
2. (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
3. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).
4. An incidental clause in an agreement.

同意語

• Thesaurus:pact
• Thesaurus:agreement

派生語

動詞

covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted)

1. To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     Jupiter Covenanted with him, that it should be Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, […] as the Tenant should Direct.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:15:

     and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver

2. (law) To enter a formal agreement.
3. (law) To bind oneself in contract.
4. (law) To make a stipulation.

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Further reading

• “covenant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “covenant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “covenant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “covenant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.