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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1590
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Degest, Degeist, ppl. a. [Variant of Digest ppl. a.] Composed, settled, fixed; mature, grave, serious.(a) a1500 Henr. III. 171/36 (degest counsele). a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 199 (with mynde degest). c1500 Fyve Bestes 345 (quhen he was degest). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxiv. 3 (quhair no thing ferme is nor degest). 1513 Doug. x. iv. 117 (the stowt and degest Aulestes). 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. iv (resolute and degest responces). 1533 Id. Livy I. 217/7 (degest avisement). a1568 Scott iv. 89 (degest and grave). a1568 Ib. xxxi. 7 (no wit sal be degest). c1590 Fowler II. 45/24 (giue me an degest answer).(b) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 224 (efter degeist consultatioun). c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 5 (ane countenance … degeist, deuote). 1580 Brechin Testaments I. 20 b (with ane rype and degeist mynd).
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