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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A taking; a capture.
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N. 549* 'LITERART ANECDOTES. prisal upon the conquerors, who Iiad shewn an in - temperance in their rejoicings, which was thought - to border u] xn insult; and partly to amuse and divert the conquered, by retorting a Httle mirth and pleasantry upon tlieir adversaries.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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