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Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, related to Old French achoison, from Latin occasionem.
Noun
enchesoun (plural enchesouns)
- reason, cause, occasion
- late 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire’s Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
Which proveth wel that outher ire or drede / Moot been enchesoun of youre cruel dede.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)