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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1533, 1590
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Armipotent (army-), a. [ME. armypotent (Chaucer), L. armipotens.] Mighty in arms. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 112 (Mars, the god armypotent); c1500-c1512 Ib. 152. 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 113 (the altare of armipotent Pallas); vi. viii. 37 (Deiphobus, quhilum armypotent). 1533 Bell. Livy I. 1/1 (armipotent Lady, Bellona serene). c1590 J. Stewart 12/24 (he onlie hes the vog armipotent).
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