chaunge

English

Verb

chaunge (third-person singular simple present chaunges, present participle chaunging, simple past and past participle chaunged)

1. Obsolete form of change.
   • 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:

     But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 1:

     Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds [...]

Anagrams

• Guanche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• change, chaung, chawnge, cheaunge, chong, chonge

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French change, chaunge, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion (“change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒ(ə)/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃand͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔnd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔːnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

chaunge (plural chaunges)

1. Change; the process of becoming different.
2. Fluctuation, inconstancy; the state of being variable.
3. Replacement; the action of replacing.
4. Exchange (giving in compensation for something received):
   1. Moneychanging; the exchange of currency.
   2. (rare) A swap of prisoners of war.
5. An exchange (a place for moneychanging).
6. (rare) Transmogrification, transmutation.
7. (rare, hunting) An attempt by a stag to escape pursuit.

Related terms

• eschaunge
• chaungeable
• chaungen
• chaungere

Descendants

• English: change
• Scots: cheenge, chinge, cheynge

References

• “cha(u)nge, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

chaunge

1. Alternative form of chaungen