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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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ADHIBIT, v. Sc. usage: to put (one's signature or seal) to a document, to append.Sc. c.1751 R. Mackenzie John Brown (1918) 82:
One absolutely refused to adhibit his name to the “call”. Sc. 1829 Scott Tales of a Grandfather iii. lxvi.:
The Highland chiefs adhibited their signatures to this document. Sc. 1964 Bank of Scotland Travellers' Cheque:
The second signature is to be adhibited at the time of encashment.