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Quotation dates: 1683
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Obreptitious, a. [e.m.E. (1611), L. obreptīcius.] Characterized by obreption, containing a false statement made for the sake of obtaining something. — 1683 Fountainhall Decis. I. 208.
His majesty … by two exonerations … had discharged … the same, neither could the exonerations be termed subreptitious or obreptitious
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