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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spectat, adj. [? L. spectāt- p.p. stem of spectāre, to look at, observe.] Able to be seen, visible. —1608 Craven Argyll Diocese 56.
He [sc. God] hath beautified his anointed with the plentitude of all virtues spiritual, corporal, and civil, and with immunity from all spectat vices (in baith thir admirable to the world)
