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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1600-1610
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(Over-rule,) Ower-rewle, v. [e.m.E. ouer rule (1576); cf. Reule v.] tr. To prevail over, overcome. — 1600-1610 Melvill 374.
The love of this warld sa ower-rewles thair affectionnes that [etc.]
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