mainprise

mainprise is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.
2. noun. Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
3. transitive verb. To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mainprise:

presimian

Common word forms

mainprised, mainprising

Words from these letters

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