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† ˈpristinate, a. (n.) Obs.
[f. L. pristin-us pristine + -ate2.]
= pristine.
1531Elyot Gov. i. ii, The pristinate authorite and maiestie of a kyng. Ibid., Kynge Edgar..reduced the monarch to his pristinate astate and figure. 1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 5 The pristinate wildenes and sauagenesse of nature. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 356 To this day they could never recover their pristinat fortunes.
B. n. The first or original state. rare—1.
1598–9B. Jonson Case is Altered i. ii, Slid, I am no changeling, I am Juniper still, I keep the pristinate. |