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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1518
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Ignorantly, adv. [e.m.E. and late ME. ignora(u)ntly (1495).] In ignorance. — 1518 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 181.
Safer as it is allegit that he has … done … incontrar the actis of Parliament … as he allegit ignorantly
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