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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1565
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Malignantlie, adv. [e.m.E. (1606).] Rebelliously. — 1565 Aberd. B. Rec. in Mill Mediæval Plays 154.
Certane seditious personis … hes … contemptuuslie and malignantlie refusis to obey the … actis
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