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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1550
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Transitive, adj. [17th c. Eng. transitive (1625), F. transitif, L. transitīvus.] Changing. —c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 67.
Thair waillit weid, and stature to descriue, I can not gif perfite affirmatiue. Sa gay it was, sa galland for to se, [Sa] wariant to sicht and transitiue
