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incantus

incantus [ML (also inqua-), cf. OF enchant, encans, inquant (etc.); cf. ML incantare (inqua-) ‘to auction’, perh. identical w. CL incantare though freq. assoc. w. in quantum (e. g. Meyer-Lübke Rom. Etym. Wörterbuch3 (Heidelberg, 1935), 6933)] , auction-sale. 1524 navem una cum apparatu suo hujusmodi ‥ vendendam fore per subhastaciones, proclamaciones et ~us (Warrant) MS PRO HCA 39/1/18.

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