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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1588-1600
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Reincident, adj. [Reincident-, pres. p. stem of med. L. (Eng.) reincidere to relapse (1219), L. incidere to fall.] Only in Elgin Kirk Session Records: Guilty of relapsing into sin or crime. — 1588–9 Elgin Rec. II 11.
Alexander Sutherland confessing the cryme of fornicatioun … and found reincident 1600 Ib. 77.
Being reincident thai sall be putt in the joiggis
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