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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Instyle, v. [e.m.E. instile (1596).] tr. To call by the style of, to style. —1638 Adamson Muses' Thren. 152.
A knight … Who for his worth … should greatly be renown'd, And of these lands instyl'd, and earle be crown'd
