† decourtv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To expel or banish from court.
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c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 198 He was accused..and..for a time decourted.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 498 If the Kings favorite be for ever decourted, and banished the royall presence.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 462 Middleton is thus decourted and all his places taken from him.
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