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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Rebelling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. rebelling (1575).] Rebellious. = Rebelland ppl. adj. — c1590 Fowler II 75/13.
That rebelling countrie being agane … reconqueshed was lost agane
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