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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1375
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Mowence, n. [OF. muance: cf. e.m.E. (once) muance (Caxton).] Change, mutation. — 1375 Barb. i. 134.
But God, that is off maist poweste, … For to knaw in his prescience Off alkyn tyme the mowence
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