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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1629-1655
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Inlighten, Inlichtn-, v. [e.m.E. inlighten, enlighten.] tr. To enlighten. — 1629 Boyd Last B. 393.
The best men … are like a quarter moone, inlightened but in a fourt part 1655 Nicoll Diary 154.
All men quhosoevir ar inlichtned with the trew licht
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