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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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Disnatural, -el, v. [ME. disnatural adj. (c 1430), OF. desnaturel.] tr. To make unnatural. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 73/6.
I maye say … that al pepil ar disnaturalit … quhilkis [etc.] 1549 Ib. 19.
Ȝe ar mair disnaturellit nor is brutal beystis
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