A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1600
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Imputative, a. [e.m.E. (1579).] Based on imputation. — 1581 Burne Disput. 151.
Ve vald be constrainit to grant inherent iustice, and nocht imputatiue onlie 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 159.
This thay cal justice imputatiue whilk is a vaine … imagination of thair auin braines
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