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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1499-1500
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Declere, Decleir, v. [Variant of Declare v., after Clere a.] tr. To make clear or plain; to declare or state.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxv. 173.
The thing to thame fore til declere That Pannacius had in were c1420 Wynt. v. 2495.
Gyff ony dowtys ware, … That ware deficyle to declere, Thai suld at the Papys sé Referryd and decleryd be c1420 Ib. vi. 1493.
The Cardynalys … hym decleryd unworthy Till hawe halowyd sepulture c1420 Ratis Raving 1412.
The fyfte eild, as I can declere [ms. declare] Fra fully xxx to fyfty ȝere a1500 Henr. III. 170/2.
I wald sum clerk of connyng walde declerde [= declere it] a1500 Bk. Chess 1310.
In this thrid part we suld the forme decleir Off the aucht popularis and thar manere
