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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1398-1494
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Entermet, v. Also: entremet; intermet, intermett, intremett, intermit. [ME. entermeten (a 1225), entremet(e, OF. entremetre. Cf. Entromet v. and Intromit v.]
1. refl. To concern or occupy (oneself) with something; to take part in. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxii. 591.
Gang hyne in hy, With othire entremet thu thé & fande na cristine man na me 1398 Acts I. 574.
Sua that the kyngis officeris na na seculeris entermet thaim in the raysyng of it 1456 Hay I. 160/23.
All men seis … that the pure laboureris … entermettis thame nocht with jugeing, na ordanyng, na gouernyng of weris
2. intr. To have dealings, to interfere or meddle, with something.(a) 1441 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 7.
Swa that the alderman … sall entermet with na commune gude but anerly it that cummys of his office 1479 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 27.
That lettres be writin to the Bischop … and his officiale … that thai entermet nocht with this mater 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 101.
To Ormonde purcyfant to pas and summonde the folkis that entermettit with the brokin schip 1494 Dunferm. B. Rec. 52.
He protestit that thai entermottit [sic] witht no gudis that was in testment(b) c1400 Troy-bk. i. 246.
And of huntyng that ilk tyd As I tell, was the sessoune sett With syk delitis to intremett c1420 Ratis Raving 975.
Wyll thow glaidly intermet Thow sal nocht wyne thare-one a byt 1454 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 27.
I charge my bayle … that he intermet nocht with the said landis 1456 Wemyss Chart. 74.
Sene the said schir Andro intermittit vith the said landis 1483 Acts Lords Auditors *123/1.
To serch, seke, ressaue, kepe, & intermett with the gudis of the said Robert 1494 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 69.
Gif he be superexpendit that he remayne with the Mairtymes maillis, and gif he be nocht superexpendit that the new thesaurer intermett with the samyn
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