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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unprovabill,) Unprovabyll, Wnprowabil, adj. [e.m.E. vnprouable (1553); Provabill adj.] Incapable of being proved. — c1420 Wynt. ix 2114.
Efftyr that he had bene a quhile Out off Scotland in exile Be fenyeit fals suspiciownys And all unprovabyll [C. wnprowabil] be resownys
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