ETYMOLOGY
from Latin opitulari (to bring aid, to assist), from opem (aid) + tul- (to bring)
EXAMPLE
“…The excellence of this boocke, hath therfore, incitatede, & as it vveare copellede me to vse this audacitye (in signe of gratitude, for soe manye, & innumerable benefites, vvhich next after God, of your Royall Mtye. through your continualle ayde, & opitulatione vve reape) humblelye to presente, and dedicate this verye necessarye boocke…”
From: The Frenche Chirurgerye, or All the Manualle Operations of Chirurgerye
By Jacques Guillemeau,
Translated out of Dutch into English, by A.M., 1598
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