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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Tutour,) Tutor, v. [e.m.E. tuter (1592), tutor (1621).] tr., fig. To guide, discipline. —1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 338.
He hath taken the whole ordering and disposing of my sufferings. Let Him tutor me, and tutor my crosses, as He thinketh good 1638 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 546.
I am … so hungredly tutored by Christ Jesus my liberal Lord, that His nice love … flieth me
