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Quotation dates: 1572
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Recontinew, v. [e.m.E. and late ME recontynu (Lydgate), obs. F. recontinuer (13th c.).] tr. To resume, or take up again, (an action that has been adjourned). — 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 82.
Sa began the secreitis of the court to brek out. Then was the inquyrie adjornit, and never recontinewit
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