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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1626, 1695
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Deliberat(e, p.p. [L. dēlīberātus, p.p. of dēlīberāre.] a. Determined, resolved. b. Careful in decision. 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 45.
Scho … being deliberat to distroy him be the erll of Huntlie 1570 Leslie 44.
In case that the King of Ingland wald refuse, he was deliberat to move weire aganis him 1581 Burne Disput. 62.
As ȝe dar deliberat to cast doune the thrid part of all the kirkis in Scotland a1597-1617 Hist. Jasa. VI. 30.
They war deliberat to assailȝe the Regent 1622-6 Bisset II. 351/29.
A Sithian prince … wes deliberate to have cum to the toun of Rome to distroy it — 1695 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 203.
To the effect the royall borrowes may be the more rype and deliberat either as to the containoweing or changeing of the staple port
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