Obs. [UN-1 7.] = INDIRECT a.

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a. 1592.  Greene, Selimus, 929. His brethren both … Do seeke the Empire while your grace doth liue, And that by vndirect sinister meanes.

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1614.  Latham, Falconry (1633), 80. When through our disorder & vndirect courses, we haue wrought their vnsoundnes, we forget to looke backe.

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1652.  J. Wright, trans. Camus’ Nat. Paradox, II. 45. Those, who by oblique and undirect wayes do seek to accomplish their pretensions.

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