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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Improbat, p.p. [L. improbāt-, p.p. stem of improbāre to disapprove. condemn.] Disapproved, disallowed. —1678 Fountainhall Decis. I. 16.
The trade was not improbat or condemned by any law among us
