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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1528
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Infatuate, a. [Late ME. (1471), L. infatuātus.] Infatuated. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 189.
Sa far ȝe ar infatuate For theif and rewar ȝe will be aduocate a1499 Ib. 355.
Vicious and infatuate 1528 Lynd. Dreme 905.
Throw the necligence Off our infatuate heidis insolent
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