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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1570
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Reprem(e, v. [L. reprimere.] tr. To repress. = Repres(s v. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 154/32.
Ane … salutair medycyn to repreme and distroye the arrogant consait of them that … pridis them 1570 Satirical Poems xxxvii 23.
Sa gude renoun, quhilk raillaris rage repremis, Advansis moir, the moir invyaris wex it
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