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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1617
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Insisting, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1598).] Insistence, importunity. — 1617 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 144.
I … salbe cairful to do that belongis to me albeit I haff gryt insisting of yow at this tyme and veray little help
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