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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fugitate, p.p. and v. [L. fugitāt-, ppl. stem of fugitāre.] tr. Declare(d) fugitive. —(1665) Rec. Justiciary Ct. I. 135.
Porterfield and Graham fugitate for depraving the laws and traducing the Government 1683 Erskine Diary 3.
I … saw about 12 men take the Test, begging it on their knees, because they had been fugitated on Saturday
