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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1560-1561
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(Undefendit,) Undefendyt, One defendit, p.p. [ME and e.m.E. undefendid (Gower), vndefended (1564); Defend v.] Not defended, unsupported. —(a) 14.. Acts I 111/2.
Na ȝit the tenand … sal be enchesonyt as undefendyt na amercyt als lang as he defendis wrang —(b) a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 146/17.
Bot all there vittes and ingynis ar one defendit be scriptoure, reasone, or authoritie
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