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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Empawn(d, Empaun, v. [e.m.E. inpawn (1596).] tr. To give in pledge; to pawn. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 142.
Blessed shall your Honour be, if ye empawnd and lay in Christ's hand the Earledom of Cassills 1650 Mure II. 39/201.
As profest, protested, and declard, Yea publick faith empaund 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 59.
Some of them empawn'd their cloaks
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