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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1566
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Compuls, v. [ME. (a 1450) and e.m.E., but rare.] tr. To compel, to force. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 665.
Rycht & resone wil that I … Haf repulse nov fra thi clerte, That neuir ma compulsit be 1566 Montgomery Mem. 203.
That the said Erle … sall nocht be astrictit, coacit, nor compulsit
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