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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1622
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(Ingrate,) Ingrait, n. [f. Ingrate,a.; e.m.E. ingrate (1672).] An ungrateful person. —1622 Melrose P. 471.
If I suld … preise to acquyte thame kythit in deidis by woordis only, I micht be estimat in rank of ingraitis