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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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(Preve,) Preive, v.2 [Aphetic f. Appreve v.: cf. also OF prover id. (Greimas).] tr. To approve, sanction, ratify. —1596 Dalr. II 391/10.
Tha preiue the deidis of the legatis