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▪ I. † ˈdotate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also -at.
[ad. L. dōtāt-us pa. pple. of dōtāre: see next.]
Endowed, bestowed. Used as pa. pple.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. Cosmogr. p. xxxix, Glasgu..quhare ane nobill kirk is dotat richelie in honour of Sanct Mungow. 1560in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. iii. (1677) 164 All things dotate to hospitality in times past.
▪ II. doˈtate, v. rare.
[f. L. dōtāre, dōtāt- to endow, f. dōs, dōt-em dowry.]
trans. To endow.
1872Daily News 26 Sept., Get our bishop elected, recognised, dotated. |