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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549
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Puissantlie, adv. [e.m.E. puissauntly (1475), pusant- (1523), puissant-, f. Puissant,adj.] Powerfully, mightily. — 1549 Lamb Resonyng 39/1.
And that the mair puissantlie and suirlie he mycht vse this concurrence, ȝour kyng desirit
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