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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1593
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Expropriat, p.p. [ME. (c 1449); e.m.E. expropriate v. (1611), L. expropriātus.] Taken away from the proper owners. —1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 103.
The rowmes at the toun wall … is wranguslie usurpet and expropriat be certane nychtbouris
