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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dedicat(e, p.p. and ppl. a. [ME. dedicate (Chaucer), dedycat, L. dēdicātus.] Dedicated.1513 Doug. iii. vi. 164 (the lakys dedicate to the goddis). Ib. vi. i. 2 (the tempil dedicat ontil Apollo). 1533 Boece vi. viii. 201 (ane kirk dedicate in name of oure saluatoure). Ib. xv. xiv. 601 b (the day dedicat in honour of our lady). 1558 Haddington Corr. 264 (spulȝeing thair dedicate place). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 115 (thingis dedicat to God). 1578 Dundee B. Laws 342 (the unlaws to be dedicat to the reparation off the Cros Kirk). 1596 Dalr. I. 123/20 (kirkes dedicat to sanctes). 1641–2 Misc. Spald. C. V. 106 (the theses … dedicat to the magistrattis and counsell). 1663 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 206 (certane musicall songs dedicat to the counsell).

Dedicat p.p., ppl. adj.

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