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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1535-1549
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Raptyne, adj. [Irreg. or erron. f. L. rapt-us p.p. of rapere to seize.] In mot raptyne, cf. mod. L. motus raptus ‘seized motion’ in quot. below, retrogradation in Ptolemaic astronomy. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 48/19.]
[The compulsit retrograid mouyng is callit be astronomours, motus raptus accessus & recessus stellarum fixarum 1535 Stewart 3015 (see Mot n.).
Raptyne
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