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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: 1645
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Non-act, n. What is not an act. — 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith 288.
Faith … turneth all these acts … half to non-acts
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