OCCIDE VERB to kill ...a1538 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from occīdere (to cut down, to kill), from ob- + caedere (to strike, to kill, to cut down) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1538 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...But so importunate forsooth was hir request, That ignorance notwithstanding I began to descriue, How that in the Historiographie it is playne expressed, That Graccus by suggestion falsly did contriue The Romains to rebel with the Senatours to striue, Chalenging equipolent all things to be deuided, Through whose discention as Oroke doth discriue, Much ruine there befell, and many men occided..." From: The Fall and Euill Successe of Rebellion from Time to Time Wherein is contained Matter, Moste Meete for All Estates to Vewe - Wilfrid Holme
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