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▪ I. † opinate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. opīnāt-us pa. pple. of opīnārī to opine.]
1. Opined, supposed.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. li. 123 Þi copiose mercy is better to me for getinge of indulgence, þan myn opinate riȝtwesnes, for defending of myn hid conscience.
2. Obstinate in opinion; opinionated.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 265 b/1 He had condescended to make it to that other whiche was opynate [i.e. as said ante, ‘obstynate in an ylle opynyon’].
▪ II. † ˈopinate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. opīnārī (also opīnāre) to be of opinion, think.]
intr. To give an opinion; to pronounce a formal or authoritative opinion; = opine 1.
1625W. B. True School War 55 There is not a matter of State in which..they haue not opinated and decreed. |