[acquit] (1269)
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[acquit] (1269)

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  FEW:  quietus 2/ii,1472a Gdf:  aquit 1,367b GdfC:  aquit 8,162a TL: aquit 1,484 DEAF:  quite (aquit)  DMF:  acquit  TLF:  acquit  OED:  acquit n.  MED:  aquite n.  DMLBS: ∅
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1lawquittance, release from an obligation: 
( 1321 )  Aquit est une =is one thing, et d’avoir =to have tollcome vous avez clamé altre  Ed II xxvi 296
en acquit de
1finan.in repayment, discharge of (a debt): 
( 1269 )  les deners […] soient renduz au roy […] en aquit du prest devantdit  i 481
acquitable  acquitance  acquitel  acquiter 
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