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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unvoluntar, adj. [Voluntar adj. Cf. e.m.E. vnvoluntarie (1570).] Involuntary. = Involuntare adj. —1677 Lauder Notices Affairs I 144.
Tell whence shee hes it; but if it be a unvoluntar possession, or by a spirit's frequenting of hir, or by the second sight [etc.]
