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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Contro-,) Contravertit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. controverted (1605).] Disputed. —1611 Sc. Hist. Review XIX. 107.
That he be tryit be depositiones and questiones upone the contravertit heidis and places of theoligie