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Quotation dates: 1830-1909
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INTERRUP, v. Also intrup (Abd. 1881 W. Paul Past & Present 137). Gen.Sc. form of Eng. interrupt. Pa.t. and pa.p. interrup(p)it (Bnff., Abd., m.Sc., Rxb. 1958). See P.L.D. §63.2. [ɪntə′rʌp]Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 374:
I never interruppit a man when he was speakin.Rnf. 1852 J. Mitchell Grey Goose Quill 111:
Dinna interrup' me, laird, I canna thole to be interrup'it.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond B. Bowden (1922) viii.:
Noo, Sandy, if you're genna interrup, I'll pet the letter i' my pooch.Abd. 1909 G. Greig Mains's Wooin' 35:
Weel, as I wis sayin' when the Souter interrupit me.
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