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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Exteme, Exteim, v. [Late ME. exteme (1475), OF. extimer, med. L. extimare.] tr. To esteem. —1533 Boece iii. i. 90 b.
Eder … extemyt na thing mare plesand … than with hundis and rachis chais the dere Ib. v. i. 162 b.
Rutouris … & vthir sic harlots … quham he held in daynte, & extemit mekill 1552 Corr. M. Lorraine 358.
[They] exteim Cannabe debatabil, quhilk we cwld nocht accord onto
