displayte
Yola
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English displayen, from Old French despleier, from Medieval Latin displicō, displicāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdisplayte
- demonstrated
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 23-24:
- proo'th, y'at wee alane needeth ye giftes o'generale rights, az be displayte bie ee factes o'thie goveremente.
- proves that we alone stood in need of the enjoyment of common privileges, as is demonstrated by the results of your government.
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114