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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Defet(t, p.p. [Variant of Defait p.p.] Undone; defeated. — a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlvii. 56.
O deidly corps, defet [: get], Quhair bene these lamps of light? 1596 Dalr. I. 139/4.
The Britons, … seeing thameselfes defett, sent legatis of peace Ib. II. 293/8.
The Inglis nauie … was sa defett
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