OPINATEADJ.
1. opined, supposed ...c1450 obs. 2. obstinate in opinion; opinionated ...1491 obs. VERB to give an opinion; to pronounce a formal or authoritative opinion ...1625 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin opinatus pa. pple. of opinari to opine, to be of opinion FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1450 (adj. 1) "...myn opinate riȝtwesnes for defending..." From: De Imitatione Christi The Earliest English translation, c1450 EXAMPLE (adj. 2) ..."He had condescended to make it to that other whiche was opynate." From: Vitas Patrum Translated By: William Caxton, 1491 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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