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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Transfrete, v. [e.m.E. transfret(e (c1540), OF transfreter, L. transfretāre.] tr. To cross (water, a sea, etc.). — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xxxiii 151.
Have we not … travelled … enough in having transfreted and past over the Hircanian sea?
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