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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unperceivingness, n. [Persaving vbl. n. Cf. 18th c. Eng. unperceiving ppl. adj. (1723).] Lack of perception, unperceptiveness. — 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 144.
What unperceivingness of temper is this, that doth thus bewray itself to be in you, to behold these things … and yet be without affectedness of heart at the sight thereof?
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