A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1619
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Reciprocat(e, adj. [e.m.E. reciprocate (1653), L. reciprocātus.] a. Mutual. b. Complementary. —a. 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 114.
He desyrit all that wold nocht be joyned with him in ane reciprocat band … to avoyd the toun —b. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Handled 28.
They are of nature reciprocate; that is the one cannot be without the other
