v. Obs. 3–5; also ameistre, amayster. [a. OFr. amaistre-r, -ier, to master, to teach, f. à to + maistrer, -ier:—L. magist(e)rā-re to direct, rule, f. magister master.] To master, control, subdue; to teach.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 282. Schal flesches fondunge … ameistre þe neuer.
1340. Ayenb., 129. Þe guode leche þet amaystreþ his ziknesse.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VII. 200. Hou I mihte A-Maystren hem · and maken hem to worche. Ibid. (1393), C. III. 167. For we han mede a-maistrid · þorw oure myrye tonge.
c. 1400. Test. Love, I. (1560), 274/1. Disease shall no more hereafter thee amaistre.
[1876. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Gloss., s.v., An old man near Leintwardine, speaking or his schoolmaster, said ‘’E used to amaister me, Sir.’ Now rarely heard.]
