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† deodate, n. and a. Obs.|ˈdiːəʊdeɪt|
[ad. L. deō datum given to God: in sense 2, taken as = ā deō datum given by God.]
A. n.
1. A thing given to God.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xxii. §4 Their Corban..wherein that blessed widows deodate was laid up.
2. A thing given by God, a gift from God.
a1633G. Herbert in Walton Life (1670) 65 All my Tythes and Church-dues are a deodate from Thee, O my God.
B. adj. Given by God.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. 248, I gather'd up the Deodate good Gold. |