axesse, axez, axis, axys, obs. forms of ACCESS, in special sense of ‘Attack; fit; ague.’ In this sense the word early acquired the Eng. accent a·ccess, and, its identity with acce·ss being forgotten, it was long treated as distinct.
1398. [See ACCESS 10].
1423. James I., Kingis Q., lxvii. Bot tho began myn axis and turment To sene hir part, and folowe I na myght.
1530. Palsgr., 450/1. This axes hath made hym so weake.
1700. Wallace, Acc. Orkney, 66 (Jam.). An aguish distemper, which they call the Axes.
