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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1494, 1584-1604, 1656
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Apperant, Appeirant adj. Also: appirant, ap(p)earant. [Variant of Apperand, with ending as in ME. apparant, aparant, OF. aparant.].
1. Apperant air = Apperand ppl. adj. 3.1494 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 353.
Son and appeirant air to … Jhon Chene 1604 Acts IV. 274/1.
Dochter and apperant air of lyne to the said vmquhile James 1604 Ib.
Apperant air maill
2. ellipt. = Apperand ppl. adj. 4.1584 Acts III. 314/1.
James Borthuik apperant for the tyme of Newbyris 1597 Stirlings of Keir 436.
Johne Howston apperant off that ilk 1656 Sutherland Corr. 178.
Sir Lodowick Gordoune, appirant of Gordonstoune
3. = Apperand adj. 2. 1597 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 196.
[The council] fynds guid that the baillies ... be clengers in this apperant tyme of pestilence
