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: 1533-1610
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Exanimat(e, p.p. [e.m.E. exanimate (c 1534), L. exanimātus.] Deprived of life. —1533 Boece ix. i. 287 b.
Fynding his body examinate [sic] c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 364.
So vp he rais into ane stakkerand stait, As he had bene fra wit examinat [sic] 1600-1610 Melvill 145.
I was almaist exanimat with heavines of hart
