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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disesperance, n. [ME. (c 1460), earlier desesperaunce (Chaucer), OF. desesperance.] Despair. —1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 48.
This prince … left his realme in greit disesperance