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Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022.
† Flaite
v.
1
Obs. rare
–
1
. [? for *
flate,
F
LAT
v.
1
]
intr.
? To flatter.
1
c.
1430.
Hymns Virg.
(1867), 74.
Q
u
od ou
er
hope, ‘þan y flatir, & su
m
tyme flaite,
Þ
o
u schalt lyue, and þi silf it haue.’
2
