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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Parentesis, n. [e.m.E. (1568) and med. L. parenthesis, f. the Greek: cf. Parenthese.] A parenthesis; here, an aside. —c1610 Melville Mem. 360.
This is a parentesis be the way to schaw how far a gud K[ing] hes bene abused [etc.]
