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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549
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Presup(p)osing, vbl. n. Supposing, assuming, imagining. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 38/30.
It aperit be presumyng & presuposing, that blaberand Eccho hed beene hid in ane hou hole, cryand [etc.]
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