achete

• acheitte, a-chete, chete

A modification of eschete paralleling the formation of acheten from escheten.

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛːt(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɛːt(ə)/

achete (plural achetes) (rare)

1. Escheat; the acquisition of property left without an inheritor.
2. Property acquired through escheat.

• English: cheat

• “achēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “chēte, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.