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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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Comterpone, v. [e.m.E. counterpone (1629), L. contrāpōnere.] tr. To set over against. — 1590 Digest Justiciary Proc. M. 13.
We ordane. .ȝow to insert thir puntis in our buikis of adjornall, and comterpone ȝour decreit & authoritie thairto
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