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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1689
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(Obliging,) Obleidgeing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. obliging (1676).] Compelling, constraining. —1689 Acts XII. 67/2.
That the obleidgeing the leidges to depone upon crymes against delinquents otherwayes than [etc.] … is a great grivance
