A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1550
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Radicat(e, -ait, v. [e.m.E. radicate (1531), L. rādīcāt-.] tr. To implant deeply; to establish firmly. Only fig. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 55 (Bann.).
Thair lust and appetyt Quhilk … in the mynd is sa fast radicat [v.r. -ate] that [etc.] c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 151.
Venus quene, quhair his hart radicait Was