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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1604-1629
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Obdure, v. [L. obdūr-āre.] To harden, tr. and intr.; to make, or be, obdurate. — 1604 Craig i. 14.
Doe not thine eares Demetrius-like obdure 1629 Mure Sonnets i Ser. x. 8.
A drunkin divin by the devil obdurd
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