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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1533, 1609, 1660
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Exemplare, -ler, a. [Late ME. exemplair (a 1475), e.m.E. exemplar, F. exemplaire, L. exemplāris.] Exemplary. — 1533 Boece ix. x. 312 b.
His exemplare vertew to all his pepill was sa venerabill 1533 Ib. xiii. viii. 529.
Ane man of … exemplare life 1609 Criminal Trials III. 48.
To omit nothing that may haisten ane exempler pwneishment vpon him 1660 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 264.
Let King Josias, and thy grandsire be, Exemplare types and speaking maps to thee
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