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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1699
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Prepositio(u)n(e, n.1 [e.m.E. and ME preposicioun (1388), -ytion (1530), the part of speech, also an exposition (1494–1568), a placing before (1586), L. præpositiōn- f. præpōnere. Cf. Prepositio(u)n(en.2, also F. préposition (preposicion, 15th c. in Godefroy).] a. A preposition, the part of speech. b. A setting forth or exposition. —a. 1531 Vaus (1531) 4.
Without ane prepositione 16.. Rudiments fol. 8 a.b. 1567–8 Reg. Privy C. I 608.
Prepositioun being maid to the lordis of articles … of the greit zeale … borne be my lord regentis grace
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