[f. prec. sb.]

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  † 1.  trans. To treat with courtesy; to pay courteous attentions to. Obs.

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1563–87.  Foxe, A. & M. (1631), III. XI. 256/1, marg. Boner looked to be curtised.

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a. 1595.  Sir R. Williams, Act. Low Countries (1618), 5 (T.). The prince politickly courtesied him with all favours.

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  2.  intr. To make a curtsy: see CURTSY v. 1.

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