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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566, 1672
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(Precisit,) Precis'd, Preceissit, adj. [Irreg. f. Precis(e adj.] = Precis(e adj. 2 b; also ? 1. — 1558-66 Knox II 461.
Efter the whilk tyme, the mynisteris, that wer callit preceissit, wer haldin of all the courteouris as monstouris ?1672 M. Bruce Sermon in Edinb. Tolbooth 5.
If it had been heathens or pagons, or precis'd papists that had so persecuted us
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