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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Partible, a. [Cf. e.m.E. partible (1540) capable of being separated or divided, subject to partition, L. partibilis divisible.] Appar., Capable of being sundered or broken. — 1490 Irland Mir. MS. fol. 301.
God … iunyt the woman with the man in band vnseuerable and nocht partible for thar lif
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