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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1607-1623
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Recherche, n. [F. recherche (early 16th c. in Larousse).] The act of investigating; an investigation, search. — 1607 Melrose P. 24.
That the clerk of register in the recherche of the antiquities of this cuntrey, had fund that [etc.] ?1623 Ib. 516.
Yf your maiestie should preasse vs with curious recherche and condigne punisheing the disobedients
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