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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Elongate, p.p. and p.t. [L. ēlongātus p.p. of ēlongāre. In e.m.E. from c 1540 as verb.] Removed to a distance. — 1533 Boece ii. xiii. 87 b.
Amang multitude of inemyis fer elongate fra oure kinrik 1533 Ib. iv. ix. 138 b.
Lewis and Skye, ilis maist elongate fra Scotland 1533 Ib. vi. iii. 190 b.
Reveling the tresoun of … Carance, quhilk on purpois had elongate him self for the tyme
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