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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1570
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Capacit(e)e, -itie, n. Also: capasité. [Late ME. capacyté (Caxton), F. capacité, L. capacitas.] Capacity, ability. a1500 Henr. Orph. 56.
Quhilk can oure saulis bring … To vnderstand and haue capacitee 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 62/28.
Ane profund mater, the quhilk thy capacite can nocht comprehend 1551 Hamilton Catechism 6.
Thingis quhilk are abone thi capacitie 1554 Misc. Bann. C. III. 83.
The … capacite of oure sensis 1562-3 Winȝet II. 51/4.
A mervolous capacitie of mynd 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 8.
Eftyr thair capacite
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