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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Procedant, -ent, pres. p. [F. procédant, L. prōcēdens, -ent-, pres. p. of F. procéder, L. prōcēdere, Proced(e v., used instead of the native pres. p. in -and.] Proceeding, in sense of Proced(e v.: Issuing; going, passing. —(a) 1418–19 Liber Melros II 503.
Throw the said Nychole or his haris lawychfully procedant of hys body 1674 Reg. privy C. 3 Ser. IV 239.
[It is ordained] that … all common highgates frae the dry borrowes to the ports and havens nixt adjacent or procedant to them be observed and keeped —(b) 1490 Irland Mir. II 71/1.
The sevin sacramentis … that ar riueris and wellis procedent fra the … fontane of grace of the glorius passioun of Ihesu
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