Obs. or arch. [f. COMBINE v. + -MENT.] = COMBINATION.
1606. Warner, Alb. Eng., XVI. ci. (1612), 399. Combinement thus of Nature and of Vertue is admirde.
a. 1619. Daniel, Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626), 2. Hauing no firme combinements to chayne them together in their publique dangers.
1825. Coleridge, Aids Refl., 282. The Scriptural record of Baptism and the combinement of preaching therewith.
b. A combination, association, union.
1658. in Dalzell, Hist. Edin. Univ. (1862), 181. Nor will I ever involve myself in … any kind of factious and disorderly combinements.
1674. [Z. Cawdrey], Catholicon, 10. This coalition and combinement, founded on the truly Catholic Principles of the Church of England.
