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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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Terrible-like, adj. [Terrible adj. and -like suffix (Like adj., adv. and n. E 2).] Giving the appearance of being terrible. — 1638 Henderson Serm. 3.
For as terrible-like as ye think them, & as incredible-like, there was not one of them all but they came to pass
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