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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1626-1673
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Vivacity, -ie, Vivacie, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. vivacite (1432-50), viuacitie (1598), vivacity (1607-12), OF vivacite, L. vīvācitāt-.] Liveliness, vigour. —(a) 1626 Garden Worthies 107.
Vivacitie of witt 1673 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 9.
They admit women to be witnesses in puerperio, anent the vivacity of children when born —(b) 1637 Johnston Diary I 278.
Quhat dumplies, deadens the vivacie, vigor, livlenes of mans spirit, bot sin?
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