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Revy, v. [? Erron. for, or ? altered f., Revile v.] tr. ? To degrade; to abuse bitterly. — 1456 Hay I 188/15.
Na do thai [sc. Jews] till oure soverane lorde honour …, to the Haly Trinitee, na to the blessit virgyn Marye, bot expressly revyis thame and dois all the vituper thai may Ib. II 54/17.
For knycht injurius is inymy of justice, and castis him self out of the ordre, the quhilk revys him and dispisis him in that cas
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