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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1550
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Seminate, adj. [L. sēminātus, p.p. of sēmināre ‘to sow, bring forth, propagate’.] Disseminated. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii 851.
Bot the sweit smell and the suave odour Was seminate about that blisfull tour
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