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othergates, adv. and a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈʌðəgeɪts|
[f. as prec., with advb. genitive -es.]
A. adv. In another way, otherwise, differently.
a1300Cursor M. 1588 (Cott.) Bot god had oþer-gates mint [so Fairf.; Gött., Trin. oþer wise]. a1340Hampole Psalter cxxxiv. 11 Hit wenys of athing oþergates þen it is. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 204 Þat oþer-gates ben I-geten for gadelynges ben holden. c1460Towneley Myst. ii. 121 Other gatis it had beyn seyn. 1528Lyndesay Dreme 206 Thay dispone that geir all vther gaittis. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 198 If he had not beene in drinke, hee would haue tickel'd you other gates then he did. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Othergaits, othergets, otherwise, different. 1860J. W. Warter Sea-board II. 28 My ways have been othergates when I was younger, than they ought to have been.
†B. adj. Of another fashion or kind, different.
Frequent in 17th c.
c1589Theses Martinianae 22 With whome hee might have other gates welcome. 1612Day Festivals vi. (1615) 136 It was an other-gates Kingdome hee sought after. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxiv. 151 These are Othergates Children than those, you desire. |