A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1609, 1665-1687
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Dictat, p.t. and p.p. [L. dictāt-, ppl. stem of dictāre.] Dictated. —1609 Gardyne Garden 28.
To wrest thy word, [which] thou dictat hes thy sell 1665 Decis. Lords G. 106.
They declared they saw the disposition subscribed, and one of them, that he had dictat the same 1687 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 165.
The said Mr. Fergusone dictat, drew, and is a subscryveing witnes to a base and unwarrantable paper
