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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Complement, n. [ME. (1419) and OF. complement, L. complēmentum.] Completion. — 1490 Irland Mir. I. 128/36.
The man was maid the sext day, for the complement of the waurld 1490 Ib. fol. 241 b.
That the persoune haue complement and perfeccioun in spirituale lif
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