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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1644, 1698
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Splendid, adj. (adv.) [e.m.E. splendid (1624), L. splendidus, splendēre.] a. adj. Splendid, excellent. b. adv. Splendidly, grandly. —a. adj. 1644 Baillie II 215.
Mr. Edwards hes written a splendid confutation of all Independents' Apologie —b. adv. 1698 Donaldson Postscript Husbandry 22.
We can be our oun stewards and live more splendid and tho we lay but one half of that part more additional rent by … we may … provide our children more plentifully
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