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▪ I. spute
obs. form of spout n.
▪ II. spute, v.1 Obs. or dial.
Also 4 spoute, 6 speut.
[Aphetic form of dispute v.]
intr. To dispute; to contend in disputation. Usu. const. with.
Modern instances from south-western dial. and U.S. are possibly of recent formation.
a1225Leg. Kath. 1308 Ne funde we nowhwer nan swa deope ilearet þat durste sputin wið us. a1300Cursor M. 19407 Vp þar ras to spute him with Men þat war o sundri kyth. 13..E.E. Allit P. B. 845 Whatt! þay sputen & speken of so spitous fylþe. a1400Hymns Virgin (1867) 46 And ȝit oonis y siȝ him spute in þe scoole halle. c1450Mirk's Festial 109 Oure lady sputyd wyth þe angell of þe maner, and how scho schuld conceyue. 1556J. Heywood Spider & Fly xxxix. 4, I forbad here all spouting in souostrie [= sophistry]. Now thei speut, in speuting who may speut most hie.
So † ˈsputing, disputing, disputation. Obs. rare.
c1250Owl & Night. 1574 Þu ne schalt..Onswere non þar⁓to fynde; Al þis sputing schal aswinde. 1556[see above].
▪ III. † spute, v.2 Obs.—1
[ad. L. spūt-āre to spit.]
trans. To spit on (a person, etc.).
1382Wyclif Job xxx. 10 To spute [L. conspuere] my face they shame not. |
