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imprimis

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im⋅pri⋅mis

  [im-prahy-mis, -pree-]
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–adverb
in the first place.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L, contr. of phrase in prīmīs in the first place, above all
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im·pri·mis   (ĭm-prī'mĭs)   
adv.  In the first place.

[Middle English in primis, from Latin in prīmīs : in, among; see in-2 + prīmīs, ablative pl. of prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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