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"ref": "1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548",
"text": "He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned."
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"with infinitive or object clause"
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decide; determine (a matter disputed or doubtful).",
"intransitive"
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"(obsolete, transitive) Decide; determine (a matter disputed or doubtful).",
"intransitive"
],
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},
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"en:Scots law"
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"glosses": [
"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decree by judicial sentence.",
"with simple object"
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"(transitive, Scots law) Decree by judicial sentence.",
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],
"glosses": [
"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decree by judicial sentence.",
"Decree by judicial sentence that something be done."
],
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"(transitive, Scots law) Decree by judicial sentence.",
"Decree by judicial sentence that something be done."
],
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"English transitive verbs",
"en:Scots law"
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"ref": "1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548",
"text": "He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decree by judicial sentence.",
"Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court."
],
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"(transitive, Scots law) Decree by judicial sentence.",
"Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court."
],
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decree by judicial sentence.",
"intransitive"
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"Decree by judicial sentence.",
"transferred sense"
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"Decide; determine; decree.",
"(transitive, Scots law) Decree by judicial sentence.",
"transferred sense"
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
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"glosses": [
"Discern.",
"Distinguish or separate by their differences (things that differ, one thing from another)."
],
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
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"Discern.",
"Distinguish or separate by their differences (things that differ, one thing from another).",
"Distinguish; discriminate between."
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"Discern.",
"(obsolete, transitive) Distinguish or separate by their differences (things that differ, one thing from another).",
"(intransitive) Distinguish; discriminate between."
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"transitive"
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[
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"ipa": "/dɪˈsɝn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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"ipa": "/dɪˈsɜːn/",
"tags": [
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"enpr": "dĭsûrnʹ",
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}
],
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