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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1578
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Exterminat(e, p.p. [e.m.E. exterminate (1541), L. exterminātus.] a. Expelled, banished. b. Utterly destroyed. —a. a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 86.
Than sall synnaris schrewitly be schent, To hell fra hevyne for euer extermynat 1533 Bell. Livy I. 3/8.
At the last thai war exterminat For siclike crymes as the kingis did c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii. 621.
It hes … als mony of life exterminateb. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 13.
Thay had be prophecy, that the Pichtis suld be exterminat a1578 Pitsc. I. 87/35.
They bostit … to haue the rule … and so haue thair enemeis utterlie exterminat
