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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Consaving, -sawing, vbl. n. [ME. conceyving (a 1340).] Conceiving; conception. — a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 161.
Of consawing in Mary The oyse wes schewit ferlely c1520-c1535 Nisbet Hebr. xi. 11.
Be faith alsa … Sare barane tuk virtue in consaving of seed — 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 186.
For the writting and consaving of the said writting
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