† provinciatedadj.
Obsolete (rare after 18th cent.).
Of a country or region: reduced to the status or condition of a province; (of a person or group) made into provincials or subjects.
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1629 J. Maxwell in tr. Herodian Hist. 175 He meanes the Prouinciated Part of Britaine.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 63 The Wall, which not long before his death, Severus reared from Sea to Sea, to divide the Provinciated part of the Iland from the barbarous.
1702 G. Mackenzie Parainesis Pacifica Pref. p. v Lacedemon, Athens, and even Venice, must always by themselves defend themselves, and maintain their Conquests, whilst their Provinciated parts..will not be so much concerned to Imploy and expose themselves for supporting their masters.
?1747 C. Granville Synopsis Troubles & Miseries Eng. I. 20 This great General spent the Winter in reforming abuses, redressing Grievances, administering Justice, and polishing the Manners of the provinciated Britons.
1786 Anc. Sc. Poems I. p. xxviii The Cimbro-Celtic Britons, or those we now call Welsh, the genuine remains of the provinciated Britons, never appear to have extended their possessions beyond the Forth and Clyde.
1881 W. Marshall Hist. Scenes Perthshire 374 The provinciated Britons were employed to cut down the woods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1629- to i-wite to god
- to ice out
- to ice out of
- to ice over
- to ice up
- to idle away
- to idle down
- to idle over
- to idle time away
- to ido of life
- to ido something to game
- to ido to game
- to idolatrize it
- to ignore the bill
- to immanentize the eschaton
- to imp the wings of
- to improve on
- to improve on a person
- to improve the occasion
- to improve the shining hour
- to improve upon
- to improve upon a person
- to in my thinking
- to in the contrary
- to incline one's ear