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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1508, 1570
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(Tentife,) Tentyfe, -iwe, -yve, -ywe, adj. [ME and e.m.E. tentyf (Chaucer), tentife (? a1400), tentive (1582), OF tentif, aphetic form of Attentive adj. Cf. Tenty adj.] Attentive; careful. — ?1438 Alex. i 1512.
He was to him richt tentyfe 1487 Fraser P. 108.
Thai havand the copyis of the samyn befor tentywe jugis in transumpts 1508 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II 347.
And ordanit tentiwe writ to be maid tharapone 1570 Satirical Poems xxiii 66.
With tentyue eir vnto my taill attend
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