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‖ graˈtuitum Obs.
Also (? erron.) gratuito.
[L. grātuītum, neut. of grātuītus adj.: see gratuitous. The use of the L. adv. grātuītō as n. may be a blunder imputed to the ignorant speaker.]
A free gift.
16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnassus ii. iv. 673 Fy father, thou must not call it selling, thou must say is this the gentleman that must haue the gratuito? Ibid. 692 When thou haue gotten me the gratuito of the liuing. a1670Bp. Hacket Christian Consolations iv. in Bp. Jer. Taylor's Wks. (1828) I. 131 And the gratuitum which God gives, is a thousand-fold greater than the present which we bring. |