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† deˈvict, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. dēvict-us, pa. pple. of dēvincĕre to subdue, f. de- I. 3 + vincĕre to conquer.]
Subdued, overcome.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 205 A region..where the Wandalynges were devicte. 1541Becon News out of Heaven Early Wks. (1843) 46 Ready to be devict and overcome. c1550Knighthood & Battle (MS. Cott. Titus, A. xxiii. 1) 6 For mightily what man may renne and lepe, May well devicte and saf his party kepe. [But here perhaps a verb]. |