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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aperell, -il(l, etc., variants (trisyllabic after Averill) of April n. 1451 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 25.
The four and thuenty day of the monetht of Aperil c1475 Wall. i. 364; Ib. vi. 9.
In Aperill fra him he bownd to wend 1509 Lennox Mun. 189.
The xxvj day of Apyrayll ? 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 226.
The x day of Aperell 1553 Prot. Bk. W. Corbet 20.
The viii. daye of Apperyll

A-per-se, n. Also: A per sie, A per c, apercy. [Late ME. a per sey (a 1500), e.m.E. a-per-se, late L. a per se ‘a by itself’.] A unique or pre-eminent person or thing; a paragon. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 78.
O fair Creisseid! the flour and A per se Of Troy and Greece c1500 Crying of Play 133.
In Edinburgh … Quhilk Is the lampe & A per se Of this regioun in all degre c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxviii. 1.
London, thou art of townes A per se 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 8.
Lantarn, laid stern, myrrour, and A per se 1535 Stewart 36550.
Of Albione he wes the apersie 1540 Lynd. Sat. 903.
Be the Trinitie! Ȝe ar ane verie Apersie 1567 G. Ball. 147.
Christ Jesus is ane A per C, And peirles Prince of all mercy a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 21.
The muses wald haue gevin the grie To hir as to the Aperse & peirles perle preclair Ib. lxiii. 14.
The blythest bird … As A per C abone all elevat