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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Seponing, vbl. n. [L. sēpōnere.] Setting aside (a sum of money). —1619 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 276.
The saidis commissioneris findis … that the seponing of the sowme of fourtie pundis … for the mantenance of the edifice of the said universitie wes cleane neglected
