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Resavit, -ceavit, ppl. adj. [Resav(e v. Cf. late ME and e.m.E. receyvyd (Prompt. Parv.).] Of an interpretation or custom: Generally accepted as good. — 1562-3 Winȝet I 112/26.
For of manly coniecturis or Scriptuiris thrawin by the resauit vnderstanding thairof to nothir of ȝour partis may we decline 1579 Conv. Burghs I 105.
It has nocht bene the receavit custome of the burrowis of this realme
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