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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1584
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Sembling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. sembling (1557-8) ‘that feigns or simulates’; ME and e.m.E. semble(n v. to resemble, simulate: Cf. Sembling,vbl. n.2] Dissembling, feigning. — 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv 916.
They knew him for a sembling baird, Whome to they wald give no rewarde
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