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APPENDIX<br />

the iawes, (...). Lowe, Art.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

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Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

Attaining<br />

Attain (v)<br />

OED Attaining n. 1. The action of getting at by continued effort;<br />

reaching, acquiring.<br />

a1568 (OED)<br />

(...) I will shew in the first [/3./] place how imperfect and useless<br />

the advices of our great Masters ar in this affair, and then inform<br />

the Reader, what other ways are to be taken for attaining a<br />

greater certainty, (...). Cockburn, Continuation.<br />

2 (one of them a verbal gerund)<br />

Attending<br />

Attend (v)<br />

OED Attending n. The action of attend; attendance, attention.<br />

1611 (OED)<br />

(...) for it’s no rare observation here in England, to see a fresh<br />

[/4./] coloured lusty young man yoak’d to a Consumptive Female<br />

(Wife,) and him soon after attending her to the Grave. Harvey,<br />

Morbus.<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Attracting<br />

Attract (v)<br />

OED Attracting n. The action of drawing; attraction. Cf.<br />

Attraction n. †3., in similar sense.<br />

1563 (OED)<br />

(...) whereby the spirits being rendred dull, stupid, languid<br />

(fainting), and suppressed, are deserted (left) incapable of<br />

ventilating (breathing) and purifying the blood, and debilitated<br />

(weakened) in attracting (drawing) nutriment for the parts,<br />

which consequently must wither and shrink. Harvey, Morbus.<br />

6 (4 of them verbal gerunds)<br />

Nominalization Attraction<br />

Base < French attraction, 16th cent. (in 13th cent. attration ), or <<br />

Latin attractiōn-em, n. of action < attrahĕre (to attract) + –ation<br />

Definition OED Attraction n. †3. Med. The action of drawing humours, etc.;<br />

concr. an application that so draws, a poultice, etc. Cf. Attracting<br />

n., in similar sense.<br />

Earliest attestation ?1541 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

The third cause is, for that the feet are more in motion than other<br />

parts, and the nature of motion is, to make attraction of humors<br />

unto the moved part, and consequently a paine. Holland, Gutta.<br />

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