A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1588-1610
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Inanimat(e, v. [e.m.E. inanimate (1604). Cf. Inanimatt,p.p.] tr. To Encourage, embolden. —1588 Reg. Privy C. IV. 285.
The countenance … quhilk the saidis Jesuitis hes fund … with sum of the nobilitie … hes … inanimatit thame to this rebellioun 1600-1610 Melvill 266.
The speciall occasion … that inanimates the papists maist
