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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1596
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Institut(e, v. [Late ME. instytute (1483): cf. Institut(e,p.t. and p.p.] tr. To institute, set up, ordain, appoint. — 1513 Doug. xiii. xi. 47.
Quhen that … Ene Amang the hevynnys institut I sall, And hym to numbyr of the goddis call 1562-3 Winȝet I. 28/34.
Mardocheus [etc.] … institutit sic ȝeirly solennitie 1596 Dalr. II. 40/9.
[He] institutes be ane edict that na man except first bachler [ete.] … be admitted channoun
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