ProphetesAI is thinking...
debity
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
debity
† debity Obs. In 5 -te, 5–6 -tee, 6 -tie, -tey, -bytie, -ty. Corruption of deputy: cf. debite.1467 Mann. & Househ. Exp. 170, I was my lordes debyte at is dessyre. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (1860) 72 Hir debitees or commissioneris. 1535 Coverdale Esther i. 3 The Debities and rulers of his countrees. 1548 Uda...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
debite
▪ I. † debite, n. Obs. Also 5 debet, -ete, 5–6 debyte. [A corruption of depute: cf. debity.] A deputy, lieutenant.1482 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 312 The Master..every Þursday to be at the common halle, or els a debet ffor hym. 1526 Tindale Acts xxiii. 24 Felix the hye debite. 1535 Coverdale Dan. ii. 15 A...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
deputy
▪ I. deputy, n. (ˈdɛpjʊtɪ) Forms: 5 depute, deputee, Sc. depwte, 6 deputye, 6–7 deputie, 7– deputy. [a. F. député, subst. use of pa. pple. of députer to depute. Originally spelt depute; in one form of which the final e became mute (though usually retained in writing); in another form it continued to...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai