meane

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mēn
• Homophones: mean

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?].

Noun

meane (plural meanes)

1. (archaic, music) The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.

Etymology 2

Noun

meane (plural meanes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mean.
   • 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50:

     […] vſing all meanes to let all thoſe that are his to ſee the danger, […]

Anagrams

• Ameen, Menae, Naeem, amene, enema