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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1513
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Algatis, adv. [ME. algates (c 1300), from algate: see Algate,adv. In later use evidently Chaucerian.]
1 At all events; in any case. 14.. Acts I. 41/2.
That na man lyande in bedde of dede ony landis … may analy … bot gif … it behovit hym algatis do 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 80.
Now haist my pane, sen algatis I mon de 1513 Ib. iv. viii. 43.
Sen algatis he wil fle
2. Always, continually. 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 65.
Thou irkit art al gatis By the contrarius frawart Troiane fatis
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