optional.It is now accented on the first syllable,in all its meanings; but, as a crutch, theaccent was formerly on the last syllable.In Chaucers description of Elde, orOld Age, in the Romaunt of the Rose,we have: So eld she was, that she ne wentA-fuoto, but it were by potent.1 Potent is the natural… … 414 Sloans Architectural Review and Builders Journal. [Dec.,
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