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English
Etymology
From Middle English octroy, from Middle French octroyer, from Old French otroiier, from Latin auctōrizō. Doublet of authorize.
Verb
octroy (third-person singular simple present octroys, present participle octroying, simple past and past participle octroyed)
- To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
1848, Frances Wright, England, the Civilizer: Her History Developed in Its Principles:This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.
2008, Oto Luthar, The Land Between: A History of Slovenia, page 288:Meanwhile, however, preparations were already being made by the imperial court to impose the octroyed constitution (composed by the Interior Minister, Count Franz Stadion) on March 4, 1849, and to dissolve the Parliament on March 7.
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Middle English
Etymology
From Middle French octroyer, from Old French otroiier, from Latin auctōrizō. Doublet of auctorise.
Verb
octroy
- to octroy
1480, William Caxton, transl., Six Bookes of Metamorphoseos in Whyche Ben Conteyned the Fables of Ovyde. Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by William Caxton. Printed from a Manuscript in the Library of Mr. Secretary Pepys, in the College of St. Mary Magdalen, in the University of Cambridge., London: From the Shakspeare Press, by William Bulmer, , published 1819:
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