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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Despair(e, rare variant of dispair Dispare n. — 1456 Hay II. 88/32.
Unworthy lyfing … ledis him till a despaire (a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitl. F. clxiii. 17.
Despair sayis ay, ‘in tyme prowyde’
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