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† eˈffate Obs.
[ad. L. effātum, f. ef-fāri to speak out.]
A saying, dictum, maxim. Also ‖ eˈffatum (pl. effata).
1650C. Elderfield Tythes 154 Their effata or most reverenced contents equalled by parliament to the oracles of the common law. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 177 The effates of Scripture seem to contradict themselves. 1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 294 The Effatum, That Nature abhors a Vacuum. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1694) I. 118 That common Theological Effate, Grace is Glory begun. |