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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566, 1622-1626
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Convent, v. [e.m.E. (1514), L. convent- ppl. stem of convenīre Convene v.] tr. a. To summon. b. To settle. — 1558-66 Knox II. 329.
Yit was the saidis Erle of Bothwell and Abbott of Kylwynning … conventit befoir the Counsall 1622-6 Bisset I. 91/21.
The said sowme … , as it is conventtit and aggried with be the saidis archebischopis [etc.]
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