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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1561
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(Conditional,) Condicional(e, a. [e.m.E. (1530), L. condiciōnālis.] Conditional. — 1490 Irland Mir. I. 114/34.
The sentens was nocht put to execucioune, for it was condicionale 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 127.
Thar wes ane condicional promys … mayd [at the] tym articulat
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