† tentatoryadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= tentative adj.
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tentative1588
tentatorya1624
peirasticala1653
peirastic1656
probational1670
experimental1817
experimentative1825
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 27 The question is tentatory, (will you also go away?) I haue deserued better of you.
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adj.a1624- union pear
- union pearl
- union pipes
- union planter
- union player
- union president
- union pump
- union purchase
- union pyjamas
- union rep
- union representative
- union rhetoric
- union room
- union rose
- union rule
- union rustic
- union scale
- union screw
- union shop
- union soldier
- union speech
- union steward
- union strike
- union suit
- union system