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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1650
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Expectatioun, n. [e.m.E. expectatyon (1538), -acion, -ation, L. expectātio.] Expectation. 1551 Hamilton Catechism 42.
Expectatioun or loking for the blys of hevin to be gevin to us 1558-66 Knox II. 91.
Beyond all expectatioun of man 1562-3 Winȝet II. 4/16.
Contrare al manis expectatioun 1614 Highland P. III. 147.
Finding our selues far disapoynted of our exspectatioun c1650 Spalding I. 55.
The schiref … gois … to the place of Rothimany and by [= beyond] expectatioun findis oppin yettis
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