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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Desavare, n. [f. Desave,v. Cf. late ME. dissaver (1483).] A deceiver. —1490 Irland Mir. fol. 127.
God is na leare na desauare of the pepil
