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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Includ(e, v. [ME. include (c 1430), L. inclūdere.] a. To enclose, shut in, contain. b. To comprehend. —a. 1490 Irland Mir. II. 88.
Tharfor be werray necessite God is ... all perfeccioun and sene it is mar digne & noble to be indiuisible than the contrar nocht includit in a certane place bot in all place [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxv. 78.
Hospitall riall, the lord of all Thy closet did include 1513 Doug. x. prol. 96.
God is … in all thing nocht includyt 1535 Stewart 8755.
King Carbreid and all his folk in feir, Includit thame within ane stalwart strenth 1567 G. Ball. 185.
With vanities we haif thame lang deludit, And in fals belief hes thame includitb. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 163/34.
All thir … perfecciounis are includit in this haly name Jhesus c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iii. 796.
Out of this band sa gracious and gude … I suppone thir wemen are include 1646 Irvine Mun. II. 64.
The smyth craft includane … the haill hemmirmen thairintill 1665 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 223.
That the said boundis … [are] nowayes to be includit within the boundis … of the said loch
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