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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
