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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1578

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Attent, a. [Late ME. attente (1482), L. attentus.] Attentive, intent. —1513 Doug. vii. iv. 132 (with erys rycht attent). 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xviii (to mak the reders more bowsum and attent). 1567 Satirical Poems xi. 7 (with fixit face and mynde attent). a1578 Pitsc. I. 4/8 (the rederis bousum and attent).

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