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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1482-1629

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Ensew, v. Also: enseu, enswe. [ME. ensewe (1430), ensue, OF. ensiw-, ensu- (inf. ensuivre). Cf. Enschew v.3 and Enschewing ppl. a.]

1. tr. To follow as a model, standard, or course of action.1513 Doug. ii. Prol. 7.
God grant me grace hym dyngly to ensew!
1513 Ib. ix. Prol. 72.
My lewytnes … Kouth not ensew hys ornat fresch endyte
1533 Boece v. i. 163.
Mogall … , memorative of the glorios actis of his gudeschir, studyit to ensew his maneris and sorte of gyding
1533 Ib. viii. iii. 250.
Kirkmen … quhilk ensewit the exempill of Sanct Palladie
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 562.
That … euery one Mycht knaw the law, and so the sam ensew
1571 Satirical Poems xxv. 124.
Swa vse thaim, and chuse thaim, What pairt thei will ensew

b. To follow as an authority.1533 Boece vii. xii. 245.
The dekin Paule, … Veremwnd and vtheris mare recent authouris … (quham we ensewe)

2. To pursue; to seek to obtain.1513 Doug. iii. v. 89.
Quhil he at last ensewit ane othir may
1513 Ib. vi. 25.
That we the realm of Italy suld seik, Ensew the landis quhilkis war for ws provyde
1533 Boece x. vi. 359.
Alpyne of resoun aucht to ensewe his kinrik with force of armys

3. intr. a. To follow, come behind.1513 Doug. ii. xi. 77.
Neir at our bak Crevse, my spows, ensewys
c1590 Fowler I. 71/113. c1590 Ib. 98/30.
Witt than with Modestie ensewid, and wer thair nighbouris nixt

b. To follow in point of time, or as a consequence or sequel.1482 Edinb. Chart. 146.
At siclike times and dais immediately enswevin [sic] efter the refusale of the said mariage
1558-66 Knox II. 362.
Banketing, immoderat dansing, and huredome that thairof enseuis
1572 Maitland Quarto MS lxii. 71.
On sic vyild treasoun vengeance man ensew
1600-1610 Melvill 132.
Sa that all things gaes louse, and warse lyk till ensew
1629 Mure True Cruc. 1828.
Then shall another sight of sinne enswe

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