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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Activity, -itie, -itee, n. [e.m.E. activyte (1530), activitie, etc., F. activité, L. activitas.] Activity, agility. Maister of activity, an acrobat. — 1456 Hay I. 119/16.
The activitee or passibilitee of mannis governaunce
1490 Irland Mir. fol. 182 b.
The fyre, that is of maist actiuite to endure
1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xii.
Our life without activite Giffis na frut
  1598 Edinb. B. Rec. 223.
To gif to Robert Stewart, maister of activity, quha come doun the tow fra the stepill, ten merk

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