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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Insensative, a. [f. e.m.E. sensative (16th c.); insensitive (1610).] Unfeeling. —a1585 Maitl. Q. lxvi. 76.
The dulcour feminine Quhilk at all tyme the maist motive hes bene … To move thair myndes maist insensative
