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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unremovit, -mooved, Wnremovit, p.p. [Late ME and e.m.E. unremoved (1455); Remove v.] a. Of a person: Not displaced by blows, etc. b. Not dismissed from employment. c. Of a thing: Not taken away; in place. —a. 1535 Stewart 57759.
Thir fercie freikis that so vther provit, Still in thair saidill sat wnremovit —b. 1654 Edinb. Surgeons 262.
Rob. Preist barbour … desyres a continuance tyll Witsoun next come to remayne vnremovit or other wayes to be restorit to his bassones —1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 24.
To suffer thre durris ane foiryett [etc.] … to remane unremovit fra the said Alexander land 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 31.
[They] placed it in a high broad way, where it standeth vnremooued to this day
