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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Inventive, a. [e.m.E. -ive, late ME. -if, -yff (Lydgate), OF. -if, -ive.] Of a poet: Inventive, creative. —1513 Doug. i. Prol. 70.
So inuentive of rethorik flowris sweit Thou art
