A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1568-1582
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Proposelie, Propoislie, adv. [Propos(e n.] On purpose, purposely; by design. —1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 527.
Not onely wes the king her lauchfull husband left desolat … bot he was propoislie restranit fra access to the foreyne ambassadouris 1582 Reg. Privy C. III 504.
Procurit proposelie, as apperis, to eschew puneisment of certane odious crymes
