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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1630
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Dedicat(e, -ait, v. (also p.t.). [e.m.E. dedicate, dedycate (1532), f. the p.p.] tr. To dedicate, in various senses.(a) 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 20 (this buke I dedicait). 1558-66 Knox II. 199 (will dedicat him self to God). 1562-3 Winȝet II. 9/23 (dedicatis my small labouris). 1596 Dalr. I. 302/16 (dedicatis the bischoprie … to S. Moloch). 1630 Peebles B. Rec. 370 (had doittit, dedicattit, and mortifeit).(b) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 48/12 (he dedicate xij preistis). 1533 Ib. II. 92/19 (Julius dedicate the tempil of Apollo). 1596 Dalr. I. 228/16 (to God her selfe sche dedicat). 1596 Ib. 267/32 (the kirk he dedicate to S. Andro).
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