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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alarge, v. [ME. alarge (Wyclif), OF. alargir.] tr. To set at liberty. —1456 Hay I. 183/11. (Also copied by Nisbet from the Wycl. N.T. in the sense of ‘enlarge’.)
A knycht lyis in a lordis prisoun … the quhilk tretis with the lord … that he wald alarge him for xv dais
