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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1609, 1685-1688
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Mancipat(e, -ait, p.p. [e.m.E. mancipate (1502), L. mancipatus.] Enslaved: fig. associated (? as a slave or servant) with; permanently subject to. — a1568 Bannatyne MS 212 a/26.
Walcum steidfastnes, Evir mair with me for to be mancipait 1609 Craig iii. 16/7.
A miser mancipat to paine 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 531.
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