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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Vivenes, n. [Vive adj.] Vividness; likeness to life. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 200/41.
Like a painter shadowing with vmbers a portrait els drawn in grosse, for giuing it greter viuenes
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