a. Obs. [UN-1 7 b.] INCONTINENT a. Also † Uncontinently adv.

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1382.  Wyclif, 2 Tim. iii. 2. Men schulen be … fals blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde.

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a. 1420.  Wycliffite Bible (1850), III. 12, marg. He that is vncontynent, ether a lecchour, renneth in to the snare of synne.

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1565.  Cooper, Thesaurus, Incontinens,… vncontinent. Ibid., Incontinenter,… vncontinently.

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1598.  Florio, Incontinente, vncontinent, vncleane of life.

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