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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1585, 1680-1686
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Elevat(e, p.p. Also: elevait, eliwat. [ME. elevat (Chaucer), elevate, L. ēlēvātus, p.p. of ēlēvāre.] Elevated, exalted, uplifted. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 549.
Sa eleuait I was in wantones 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 210.
Thocht thyne engyne beyn eleuate and hie 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 542.
Quho was more heycht in honour eleuate [Pitsc. eliwat] Nor was Margareit? 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 38/16.
Fra tyme that his lustrant beymis var eleuat iiii. degres abufe oure oblique oriszone a1568 Scott xxx. 34.
Quha wald in luve be estimat Suld haif thair hairtis ay elevat a1585 Montg. Maitland Quarto MS lxiii. 14.
The blythest bird … As A per C abone all elevat 1680-6 Lauder Hist. Observes 212.
Amsterdam becomes so stubborne and elevat against the Prince of Orange
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