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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1578, 1659
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Frustrat(e, v. (Also p.t. and p.p.) [e.m.E. frustrate (1548). Cf. Frustrat(e,p.p.] tr. To frustrate (a person, expectation, etc.). 1533 Boece xi. xii. 429 b.
The king … had with violent dede … frustrate Constantyne and Gryme of thare richt 1535 Stewart 58019.
To frustrat him into so greit ane thing 1558-66 Knox II. 168.
Our Soverane … with mony delatouris frustrat the expectatioun of the Quene of Ingland a1578 Pitsc. I. 344/10.
He become as … ane madman seand that he had frustrat him selff of his besienes 1659 Aberdeen B. Rec. IV. 182.
To bring the visitatiouns in … contempt and frustrat the cheaff end of them
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