comart

noun

co·​mart

kōˈmärt

: covenant

—used in the 1605 quarto of Shakespeare's Hamlet I. i. 93, but in later versions often considered a misprint and emended to covenant or compact

Word History

Etymology

probably misprint of cov'nant

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