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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1699
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(Repudiat,) v. P.t. and p.p. repudiat. [L. repudiāt-, p.p. stem of repudiāre to divorce, reject. Cf. e.m.E. repudiate ppl. adj. (1548). See also Repud v.] tr.
1. To put away or divorce (one's wife). 1531 Bell. Boece I 55.
He repudiat his nobil quene … and gart his vicious harlotis deforce hir 1533 Boece 78.
He repudiat the quene Agasia 1596 Dalr. I 155/25.
Quhairfor he repudiat Voada and mariet another 16.. Highland P. II 265.
Rorie McLeoid haweing repudiat Mckenzie his daughter for her adulterie
2. To refuse to accept (something offered); to reject (an opportunity). 1533 Boece 238b.
Gif it [sc. occasion] be now throw ȝoure sleuth repudiat, it sall in vane eftirwart be requirit 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 156/37.
That all thair sacrifices war repudiat be the lorde God
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