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maugre

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mau⋅gre

  [maw-ger]
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–preposition Archaic.
in spite of; notwithstanding.
Also, mauger.

Origin:
1225–75; ME < MF: lit., spite, ill-will, equiv. to mau- mal- + gre gree 2
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mau·gre   (mô'gər)   
prep.   Archaic
Notwithstanding; in spite of.

[Middle English, from Old French : mal-, mau-, bad; see mal- + gre, liking, pleasure (from Latin grātum, from neuter of grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots).]
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