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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1581, 1678
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Improvar, -er, n. [e.m.E. (once) improover (1611).] One who disproves; a repudiator, rejecter. — 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 152 b.
The deulish falsett of the improuaris of gude varkis 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. I. xxvii. § 6.
It was relevant for the improver to offer to prove that at the date of that bond the Earle of Southesk had no servant who could write such a bond
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