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▪ I. † voluntar, n. Obs. [Cf. next.] One who rules arbitrarily; a despot.
1650B. Discolliminium 12 Such..may..fitlier be called Masters then Magistrates, Voluntar's then Potentat's. ▪ II. † ˈvoluntar, a. Sc. Obs. [ad. older F. voluntaire or L. voluntār-ius voluntary a.: see ar2.] Freely undertaken or given; voluntary.
1581J. Hamilton in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 80 [He] hes..sufferit voluntar baneisment out of his natiue cuntrie thir monie yeris bypast. 1619Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (1845) II. 361 That a voluntar contributioun be crawit to that effect. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 75 The voluntar contribution that is..collected within your bounds. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. i. §4 (1699) 5 Seing man can only offend in what is voluntar to him. |