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Leagued vs Feagued - What's the difference?

leagued | feagued |

As verbs the difference between leagued and feagued

is that leagued is (league) while feagued is (feague).

leagued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (league)

    • league

    English

    (wikipedia league)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group or association of cooperating members.
    • the League of Nations
  • * Denham
    • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
  • An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
    • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
  • (informal) Rugby league.
    • Are you going to watch the league tonight?
    Derived terms
    * bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league boots

    Verb

    (leagu)
  • To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
    • (South)

    Etymology 2

    From (m), possibly from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
  • * M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
    • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
  • A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

    • References

    * Online Etymology, league * Middle English Dictionary, lege

    feagued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (feague)

    • feague

    English

    Verb

    (feagu)
  • To decorate or improve in appearance through artificial means.
  • To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its fundament.
  • (obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive.
  • * 1681 , Thomas Otway, The Soldier's Fortune , Act 5:
    • Beaugard: Hark ye, ye curs, keep off from snapping at my heels, or I shall so feague ye.