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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unconsumable, adj. [e.m.E. unconsumable (1571); Consume v.] That cannot be consumed; inexhaustible. — c1515 Asl. MS I 312/13.
As the erd is ferme & vnconsumable be man so was the luf vnconsumable that God gaf to man in that age
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