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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1573
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Contemptar, n. [Cf. e.m.E. contemptor (1559).] A contemner. —1573 Reg. Privy C. II. 305.
[To be] apprehendit … and utherwyis punist as dissobedient personis, contemptaris of his Hienes authoritie
