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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Contingence, n. [e.m.E. (c 1530), med. L. contingentia.] Chance. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 72/18.
The presciens of God is nocht presciens be necessite, bot be fredome and contingence
