A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Adoptioun, n. (adopcioun). [ME. adopcioun (c 1380), adopcyon, L. adoptio.] Adoption (as a son, etc.). —1456 Hay I. 254/3 (quhilk is callit in the lawis adopcioun). 1490 Irland Mir. I. 24/19 (be way of adopcioun).
