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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Accept, Accep, v.² Irregular variant of Except v., chiefly in pres. and past part. with following noun or clause = except, unless.(1) 1475 Peebles B. Rec. 172.
Thai walde … gyf to hym a seruis in Haly Kyrk … accepande the chapell Ib. 175.
Accepande a fre lonyng throw the sayd [h]auche 1564 Inverness B. Rec. I. 118.
Dischargeand all the nychtbouris … accepan foure personis allanerlie(2) (a) ?a1500 Steel Roy Robert 40 (accept the laif). 1549 Ann. Banff I. 26 (accept vj keilling at the maist). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 84/1 ms. (accept the father hald it in his airmis). 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 223 (thornebak and maik beand accept).(b) 1528 Acta Conc. XXXVIII. 152 (accepe penciones of our ordinar officars). 1562 Inverness B. Rec. I. 73 (accep to serue the towne). 1585 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 161 (bandis and lokis all accep twa).(3) 1492 Edinb. B. Rec. 63.
To eschew greitt trubill … be calangears quhilkis accept thame to the court of processis