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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1594
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Ungoing, vbl. n. [Go v.] Failure to move or act (against another). — 1594 Cal. Sc. P. XI 331.
[He carries a letter to our ambassadors declaring that the king's] ungoing [against these Papists is on the ground that they will enter into ward]
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