A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Prorogat(e, ppl. adj. [Prorogat(e v.] a. That has been continued by an extension (but perh. properly a further instance of Prorogat(e v. 1). b. Extended, lengthy. —1569 Peebles B. Rec. I 307.
Quha confescit he had nane commiscioun prorogat —15.. Clariodus iv 2448.
I may not tary … To tell ȝow … thair syndrie stories prorogate; I let owergo all sik prolixitie
