Obs. Also 4–7 execut(t, 6 Sc. exsecut. [ad. L. execūt-us, pa. pple. of exequī: see EXECUTE v.] = EXECUTED.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, III. 622 (Camp. MS.). But execut was al byside here leue At the goddes wyl.
c. 1430. Lydg., Thebes, 255. Wher the domys and plees of the toun weren execut.
1549. Compl. Scot., Ep. Ded. 2. The actis that ȝour prudens garris daly be exsecut.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 863. Heir we … Be this our letter Execute and Indorsat dewlie.
1642. Perkins, Prof. Bk., ii. 75. The estate taile shall bee execute in the Donee.
1682. Lond. Gaz., No. 1682/1. The said Archibald Earl of Argile to be Execute to the Death.
1711. Countrey-Man’s Lett. to Curat, 6. This act … was oftimes severely Execute.
