A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Propositive, adj. [Altered f. or erron. for e.m.E. prepositive (1583), late L. præpositīvus that is set before, f. p.p. stem of præpōnere to put before. Cf. F. prépositif (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] That is placed first or before. — 16.. Rudiments fol. 22a.
The ordour of the conjunctiones is threefold … subjunctiue propositiue and transferred or commone … conjunctiones of the propositiue order … doe clame or challenge to themselues the first place in there owne sense or meaneing
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