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English
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Etymology
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Etymology
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From
sort
(verb).
Noun
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sortance
(
obsolete
)
fittingness
;
appropriateness
;
seemliness
ca 1596
, William Shakespeare,
2 KING HENRY IV act iv,i
:
Here doth he wish his person, with such powers
As might hold
sortance
with his
quality
,
The which he could not
levy
; whereupon
He is retired, to ripe his growing fortunes,
To Scotland...
Anagrams
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Screaton
,
ancestor
,
Canteros
,
Careston
,
enactors
,
carstone
,
Castrone
,
Conatser
,
Rostance
,
sarconet
,
entosarc
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