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

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pre-, Praecipitat, p.p. [e.m.E. precipitate (1614), L. præcipitātus, p.p. of præcipitāre Precipitat v.] a. Thrown down headlong, hurled down. b. Of an action or event: Hastened, hurried on. —a. 1604-31 Craig i 18.
When fabling Æsop was … condem'd to be precipitat & slane
b. 1638 Baillie I 50.
The thesaurer finding his purpose revealed, intended to have the proclamation precipitat
1682 Lauder Observes App. iv 307.
Matters being thus praecipitat

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