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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1586
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Confer(r)ing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1561), f. Confer v.] a. Comparison. b. Conference. — 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 105.
Peter, … efter conferryng of Scripturis, declarit baptisme sufficient — a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS cviii. 4.
Now tyne na tyme, … Sens ȝe may haue conferring as ȝe lest
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