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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1632-1637
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Viriliously, adv. [L. virīlis.] Manfully, forcefully. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. v 178.
[The] Knights of St. John … viriliously expulsed the Saracens from thence 1637 Lithgow Siege Breda 25.
The enemy did divers times sally forth upon them, but they were ever viriliously repulsed backe to their owne repugnable limits
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