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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1591-1626
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Anteriour, a. [L. anterior. Also in Eng. use from 1611.] Prior, earlier. — 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII. 268.
Scho rewokis … all anteriour testamentis 1607 Acts IV. 383/1 (the anteriour charteris … maid … of befoir). 1626 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 260 (quhilk chartour was anteriour to the vther).
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