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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1679
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(Obliging,) Oblidgeing, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (1632–8).] Obligatory, binding. —c1679 Kirkton Hist. 238.
Tomorrow they were to renew the covenant, which they believed would be ane oblidgeing practise
