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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inanite, v. [L. inānīt-. p.p. stem of inānīre. to make empty.] tr. To make inane, of no account. —a1599 Rollock Wks. (W.S.) II. 460.
He was so inanited as never creature was
Id. 2 Thess. 33 (J).
They who saw him inanited in a vyle habite, … and crucified vnder Pontius Pilat

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