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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1655-1700+
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Commissionat, v. and p.p. Also: comiss-. [Med. L. commissionatus, p.p. of commissionare; e.m.E. commissionate (1579).] tr. To commission.The Eng. form commissionate is also common.(a) 1655 Baillie III. 279.
To commissionat me to bring from the West whom I thought fit 1661 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 61.
The Lords of Councill did commissionat the Earles of Haddingtoun … and Callendar, … to examin him 1671 S. Leith Rec. 125.
The sessione doeth commissionat and ordain the said Mrs … to collect … the pettie impost 1690 Peebles B. Rec. II. 134.
The counsell … doe commissionat Iohn Muir, proveist, to goe to Edinburgh 1720 Glasgow B. Rec. IV. 81.
The magistrats … do therfor impower and commissionat Allexander Finlayson, clerk, to bidd for the said lands(b) 1665 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II. 48.
The report … given in be certan gentlemen commissionat to the effect underwrytten 1675 Stirling Comm. Good MS. 93.
To Provest Russall & Baillie Watsone and the clerk being comissionat to Ed[inburgh] 1681 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 379.
To take up armes against the King or these commissionat by him 1691 Falkirk Par. Rec. II. 32.
Robert Morison, clerk, commissionat from the Earle of Callander, craved a dowble
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