Obs. [a. OFr. achevis-, acheviss-ance n. of action f. achevir, achevissant, by-form of achever to ACHIEVE. Achevissance is an early by-form of the more common achevance, Eng. ACHIEVANCE; it has also been aphetized to chevisance.] Achieving, accomplishment.
c. 1430. Lydg., Minor Poems (1840), 77. And almesdede shal make achevisaunce, T’exclude by grace the rigour of vengeaunce.
