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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Examinat(e, p.p. Also: examynat, -innat, -enat. [Late ME. examynat (1471), L. exāminātus. Cf. Exemenat p.p.] Examined.(a) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 879.
Quhar our derne deidis sall be examynat 1483 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 48.
That all vnfre hammerman … cum to the maisteris of the saidis craftis to be examinat 1563 St. A. Kirk S. 162.
Examinat upon the generall interrogatoris of law, sche purgis hyr 1571 Prot. Bk. J. Colville 46.
The said Johne beyng dewlie … tryit & examinnat 1592 Prestwick B. Rec. 82.
The inqueist … , being examinat vpoun thair consienceis, hes deponit and declarit that thai think [etc.] c1650 Spalding I. 20.
This young gentilwoman is first accuisit befoir the Lordis of Counsall and scharplie examinat(b) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 303/3.
He thocht expedient that Appius Claudius … suld be examinate [v.r. examenat] quhether [etc.] 1572 Prot. Bk. J. Robeson 171 b.
To produce and … caus be sworne and examinate witnesis 1622-6 Bisset I. 201/26.
The lord examinatour quha heiris the witnese examinate
