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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Instigator, n. [e.m.E. instigator (1607), -er (1598), L. instigātor.] An instigator. —1587 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 32.
As art and part instigatoris, hunderis, mowaris, of the saids trowbillis
