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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1519-1603
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Excogitat(e, p.t., p.p., and ppl. a. [e.m.E. (1531), L. excōgitātus.] Thought out, devised.(1) 1519 Buccleuch Mun. II. 136.
In the maist strait … forme of obligatioun that can be excogitat and thocht 1533 Boece i. vi. 45.
Britouns … had excogitate ane trane in this sorte 1533 Ib. vi. xiii. 211.
Maximus … excogitate ane policye 1581 Burne Disput. 170 b.
Be letteris (quhais formes var also excogitat be the brayn of man) 1603 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 243.
[The] discoverie of the vnnaturall practises excogitat aganis ws(2) 1533 Boece vi. xv. 216 b.
Na thing mycht mare obscure the Romane glore, as … be newe excogitate tormentis to afflict the pepill
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