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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Confederation, -acioun, n. Also: -atyown. [ME. confederacion (1460), L. confœderātio. Cf. Confideratioun.] Confederation, alliance.c1420 Wynt. iv. 1732.
Hanyball … Drest tyll hym agayne Scypion In tyll confederation Ib. viii. 2336.
The confederatyown, That wes betwene the rewmys twa 1513 Acts II. 282/1.
Thai culd nocht consent to gif consell to … violate the said confederacion in ony punct Ib.
The saidis alliance and confederacioun auld & new
