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Quotation dates: 1644-1652
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Ubiquitary, -ie, n. and adj. [e.m.E. vbiquitarie (1585-7), ubiquitarye (1595), ubiquitary (1638), F. ubiquitaire, mod. L. ubiquitarius, L. ubīque everywhere.] a. noun. One who is everywhere. b. adj. That comes from everywhere; extensive in range, eclectic. —a. 1644 Baillie II 188.
Their confidence is in Prince Rupert's secours. He is ane ubiquitarie —b. 1652 Urquhart Jewel (1834) 194.
[English] by its promiscuous and ubiquitary borrowing consisteth almost of all languages
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