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Quotation dates: 1598-1616
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Tyranniz(e, Tyranise, Tirannise, v. [e.m.E. tyrannyse (1494), tyrannize (1529), tirannize (1590).] To govern or control in the manner of a tyrant, to treat oppressively or harshly. Also in fig. context. — c1614 Mure Dido & Æneas ii 856.
Hard hearted lover … O! so to tyrannize Ov'r conquer'd beauty 1598 Misc. Hist. Soc. I 58.
Straungers coming to tyranniz over them 1600-1610 Melvill 4.
Bischope Adamsone … tyrannizing in the Kirk, obtrudit to thame ane of whome they lyked nathing 1605 Melvill 577.
If thais bisschoppis breick the cautiounes and preas lordly to tyranise owir the britherine and the Kirk 1616 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 179.
Scotland, tirannisit … be the Erle of Morton
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