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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1581
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Impoisonit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. impoisoned (1598).] Poisoned, tainted, corrupt. fig. — 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 138.
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