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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1608, 1690
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Remembrie, n. [Remember v.] Memory; the act, or power, of remembering. = Rememb(e)ra(u)nce n. 1 and 2. Since man's remembrie, cf. Memor n. 4. — 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii 384.
The fainer I wald hir forȝet, Remembrie grew the mair 1608 Calderwood VI 794.
Except that ather I was in Scotland, where my papers might bring me to remembrie 1690 Jervise Epitaphs & Inscriptions I 205/1.
And this has been their burial place since man's remembrie
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