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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1517, 1606
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Evitatioun, n. [e.m.E. evitation (1626), L. ēvītātio.] Avoidance. — 1517 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXX. 83.
The avis of the lordis of consale for the evitatioun of sic gret dangeir … in tymes cumming 1606 Craig ii. 17/17.
More for euitation, then imitation, are these songes foorthsent
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