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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fulminat, v., p.t. and p.p. [e.m.E. fulminate (1533), f. ppl. stem of L. fulmināre.] tr. To pronounce or declare authoritatively.a1500 Henr. Fab. 1217.
The arbiteris than … The sentence gaif and proces fulminat 1516 Fife Sheriff Ct. 59.
Thar summondis fulminat ilkane aganis utheris ar … continuit to the last day of Merche 1535 Stewart 47219.
O vnjust king, … Thy fame and conscience quhilk hes maculat, Throw injust sentence thow hes fulminat c1550 Rolland C. Venus iii. 17.
Ane assyis … correspondent To the mater was to be fulminat 1571 Grant Chart. 149.
That the lordis of counsall fulminat and decerne thair letteris
