A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Antedate,) Antedait, -deat, v. Also: antiedait. [Cf. Antedaten. Also in e.m.E. (1587).] tr. To antedate. —1572 Acts III. 75/2 (antedaittit bullis). 1596 Melvill 339 (ante-deatting of takes).c 1641 Soc. Ant. XXV. 57 (ane antiedaittit band) .
