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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Malignantlie, adv. [e.m.E. (1606).] Rebelliously. —1565
Aberd. B. Rec. in Mill Mediæv. Plays 154.
Certane seditious personis … hes … contemptuuslie and malignantlie refusis to obey the … actis