† ditementn.1
Obsolete.
1.
a. A written or spoken composition; = dite n.1 1. Scottish.
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1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C3v I wald beseik ȝour Maiesteis my dytement did ȝov not displeis.
1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 25 Ane form of ditement maid for caus of exercise and priuat studie, as vsis to be in sculis.
1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 22 Which holy ditements..Might serue His Glorious Image to present.
b. Inditing; dictation. Scottish.
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c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. i. 35 Sum of thaime [sc. apochrife bookes] are als lyke the dytement of the spreit of god as ane egg is to ane oster.
2. A summons, an indictment.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation
crimec1384
calla1400
allegation1402
advocacya1413
allegeancea1430
objection1440
surmise1451
charge1477
ditement1502
crimination1534
allegement1594
appeach1628
a1308 Pol. Songs (Camden) 198 That seli asse, That trespasid noȝt, no did no gilte..in the ditement was i-pilt.
1502 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 171 Anthony Cliforth gave in the bill of dytement against my sone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† ditementn.2
Obsolete. rare.
That with which one is ‘dight’ or arrayed; raiment, array.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 93 These Priests ditements being severally so many infernal serpents and scorpions to sting and bite the Devil.
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