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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Repesce, v. [Cf. Compesce v.] Perh. a conflation of this and Repres(s v.] tr. To restrain, repress, curb. —1646 Glasgow B. Rec. II 104.
Whose insolencie and ryat … if it be not punished and repesced [etc.]
