a., adv. and sb. Obs. [f. LARGE a. + -Y.] A. adj. Large. B. adv. Largely. C. sb. At the largiest: in the fullest manner.

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1395.  Purvey, Remonstr. (1851), 154. Of this abhominacoun it is seid largiere bifore in the ij. article.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 4961. Largior þen a lawriall & lengur with all.

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1535.  Coverdale, 2 Macc. ii. 32. He … vseth few wordes, and toucheth not the matter at the largiest.

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1555–8.  Phaër, Æneid, I. B iij. Largy streames out from his eies he shed.

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1567.  Turberv., Ovid’s Ep., 143 b. In largie seas … Aye fleeting to and fro.

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1594.  Carew, Tasso (1881), 102. Who open … saw this largy gate.

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