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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Divis(e, v.2 Also: divys-, diwys-, dywys, dyvys-. [ME. dyvyse (14th c.), divise, etc., variant of devise.] = Devise v.1 (in various senses).1375 Barb. v. 797 (E).
The king … chargyt him … As ye hard me diuis it ar c1420 Wynt. v. 3290.
As yhe herd me dywys 1487 Fraser P. 108.
A letter of balȝery … one the best uys can be diuisit a1500 Bk. Chess 524.
Thai … this statut diuisit 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 159.
To Schir Iames Petegrew, to his expens cummand to Strivelin to divis ane knok c1500-c1512 Dunb. xix. 41 (B).
I wald my gyding war diwysit 1524 Acta Conc. MS. XXXIV. 39.
David Betoun quhilk is divisit to pas as ambaxatour in France 1572 Reg. Privy C. II. 136.
Quhilk money is divisit and strekin in haill and half pecis 1596 Highland P. I. 153.
Trew it is … that Iohne Campbell … divisit [and] interprisit the cruell … murther
