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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420
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Excit(e, Excyt(e, v. [ME. excite (a 1340), excyte, OF. exciter, L. excitāre.] tr. To incite, instigate. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 397.
The quhilk [bishops] tha twa excit rath To do the apostolis skath a1400 Ib. xxii. 768.
Til excyt thame & til stere To this martyre dewot to be c1420 Wynt. iv. Prol. 23.
Swa, tyll excyte [C. excite] yhour delyte, I have set me now to wryte [etc.]
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