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1870, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant in the East, page 54:The boscage consists of arborescent growth […] imparting aliture to myriads of […] plants
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1724, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary:ALITURE, [Alitura, L.] Nourishment, or the Reparation of the Body by the Accession of new nutricious Juice.
