ETYMOLOGY
from Latin occīs-, past participial stem of occidere (to kill)
EXAMPLE
“…[ ] was vmquhile to vtheris done disprise
Witnes, Acteon quhome that je gart occise,
With his awin doggis quhair je him haistelie
Conuertit in ane Hart throw jour fantice…”
From: Ane treatise callit the court of Venus
– John Rolland, 1575
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