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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1516, 1622-1626
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Recuperatioun, -cuparatioun, n. [e.m.E. recuperacion (Caxton), -tion (1620) the recovery of a thing, L. recuperātiōn- (f. recuperāre), F. récupération (16th c.).] a. Restoration (of a building); repair. b. In law: Legal recovery (of lands). Cf. Recover v. 3. —a. 1516 Reg. Privy S. I 430/1.
To … bring agane lede or ony uther necessar thing for the beting, recuperatioun and uphalding of the place —b. 1622-6 Bisset I 138/6.
The delyvering of erde and stane … for recuparatioun of landis within kingis burrowes
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