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inofficious
adj 3
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2INOFFICIOUS + NOUN
leepe, testament
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Indifferent to obligation or duty.
Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.
2
Not officious; not civil or attentive.
3
Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
the inofficious testament
an inofficious disposition of his fortune
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Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.
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the inofficious testament
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an inofficious disposition of his fortune
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