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† ˈgratuit, a. Obs. rare.
Also 6 gratuite.
[ad. F. gratuite (16th c.) or L. grātuīt-us gratuitous.]
Free, gratuitous.
1550Veron Godly Sayings (1846) 17 The heavnlye & gratuite benefytes of God. c1561― Free-will 29 a, The trust, that they oughte to haue..in his gratuite and free grace. 1644Abp. Maxwell Sacrosancta Regum Majestas 71 The gratuit concession of princes.
Hence graˈtuitly adv., freely, gratuitously.
a1586Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvi. 137 Had ȝe him gevin but pryce, gratuitlie, Be benefeit ȝow thinkand þairto bound. |