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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Negotiat, ppl. a. [Cf. e.m.E. negotiated id. (1604), L. negōtiāt-, p.p. stem of negōtior v. to carry on or engage in business.] Engaged in business, trafficking. — 1653 Sc. Ant. V. 180.
It is inactit that … if he be on lyfe or not negotiat abroade out of the countrey … , the vice-parent come to the church and give upe to the minister the chyld's name
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