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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1639
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Massacrize, v. [Nonce extended form of e.m.E. massacre (1581), F. massacrer.] tr. To massacre. —1639 Fugitive Poetry II. xvii. 110.
I doe not love mad Vulcan's reuthlesse thunders, Nor yet no battells massacrizing hunders
