considerance

English

Etymology

Latin considerantia.

Noun

considerance (countable and uncountable, plural considerances)

1. (obsolete) An act of considering; consideration.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     After this cold considerance, sentence me

References

• “considerance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.