Obs. Also 7 -at. [ad. L. translāt-us, -a, -um, pa. pple.: see next.]
A. adj. Translated (see next); in quot. 1589, transferred in meaning, metaphorical.
1589. Rider, Bibl. Schol., Direct. for Rdr. First I place the proper Latine word vnder the figure of 1: then the figuratiue or translate vnder the figure of 2.
B. sb. Something translated; a translation. [Cf. L. translātum sb., OF. translat 13th c.]
1585–6. Earl Leycester, Corr. (Camden), 467. I sent to the register of the states for the act…, the translate whereof I send your honour hearein.
1619. Carleton, in Eng. & Germ. (Camden), 85. Divers lettres … I have made transcripts of some, and translats of others.
1655. Chym. Med. & Chyrurg. Addr., Table, A Translate of the Eleventh Chapter.
1668. Lond. Gaz., No. 254/4. The prohibitions made against the vending or reading any of the late Translates of the New Testament into French.
1803. Collins, in Gurwood, Wellington’s Desp. (1837), III. 133, note. I … enclose a copy and translate of a note I … received from the Berai Rajah.
