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APPENDIX<br />

Base<br />

Converse (v)<br />

Definition The act of associating in a familiar way, keeping company;<br />

holding intercourse.<br />

Cf. Converse v. †2. a. To associate familiarly, consort, keep<br />

company; to hold intercourse, be familiar with. Obs.<br />

Earliest attestation a1610 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

You may know if the cause of an occult disease be bred in, or<br />

brought to the body by the diet before, and by his conversing<br />

with such as had the like disease. Sennert, Practical.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization Conversion<br />

Base < French conversion, < Latin conversiōn-em (turning round), n.<br />

of action from convertĕre (to turn round)<br />

Definition OED Conversion n. 1. a. The action of turning round or<br />

revolving; revolution, rotation. Obs.<br />

Earliest attestation 1541 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

And note that these two Circles are called Tropiques of this<br />

Greeke word Tropos, which is as much to say as a conuersion or<br />

turning, (...). Blundevile, Cosmographie.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization Conveyance<br />

Base<br />

Convey (v)<br />

Definition OED Conveyance n. 2. a. The action of carrying or transporting;<br />

the carriage of persons or goods from one place to another.<br />

(Formerly used more widely.)<br />

Earliest attestation c1520 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

(...) but ev'n by this great quantity the distractile blood-pipes<br />

being very much distended, compress the nerves over all the<br />

body, and hinder the conveyance of the animal spirits into, and<br />

thro these vessels, according to their force of going outwards,<br />

and the resistence of these in the different parts; so that tho there<br />

is a greater quantity of blood contain'd in the vessels, yet that<br />

being propell'd or driven forwards with less force, will occasion<br />

a full, tho slow, pulse: (...). Cockburn, Continuation.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Convulsion<br />

< Latin convulsiōn-em, n. of action < convellĕre (to convulse)<br />

OED Convulsion n. 2. Pathol. †a. An involuntary contraction,<br />

stiffening, or ‘drawing up’ of a muscle, limb, etc.; cramp; tetanus.<br />

Obs.<br />

1599 (OED)<br />

If convulsion happen in a wound, [/21./] chiefly after great<br />

inflammation, it is for the most part mortall, and sheweth that the<br />

parts neruous are hurt. Lowe, Art.<br />

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