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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1573-1596
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Refutatio(u)n(e, n. [e.m.E. refutacion action of refuting a statement, etc. (a1548), L. refūtātiōn-.] a. A confutation. b. The act of repelling; the repulsion (of an attacker). —a. 1573 Tyrie in Cath. Tr. 1.
The Refvtation of ane ansver made be schir Johne Knox 1573 Ib. 10/28.
Refutatioun —b. 1596 Dalr. I 267/9.
Achai … is present with speid, with ane armie of ten thousand Scotis … to the supplie of Hung, and refutatioune of Athelstane
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