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Nominalization Destruction
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< Old French destructiun (...) < Latin dēstructiōn-em, n. of action
from dēstruĕre (to destroy)
Definition OED Destruction n. The action of destroying; the fact or
condition of being destroyed: the opposite of construction. Cf.
Destroying n. a., in same sense.
Earliest attestation 1340 (OED)
Example
But Fernels reasons onely prove that there are diseases from
occult qualities, and to be cured by the same. As for the first kind,
the change and corruption of substance causeth not a disease,
but the destruction of the part, but a corrupt thing neither suffers
a disease nor health. Sennert, Practical.
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Nominalization Determination
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< French détermination (...), or < Latin dēterminātiōn-em, n. of
action from dētermināre (to determine)
Definition OED Determination n. 5. a. The determining of bounds or fixing
of limits; delimitation; definition; a fixing of the extent, position,
or identity (of anything). Cf. Determining n. a., in same sense.
Earliest attestation 1593 (OED)
Example
[}Question.}] What is Anatomie, and whereoff is it deriuate.
[}Aunswere.}] Anatomie is the right determination and diuision
of euery particuler member of the bodye of mankinde. Chauliac,
Qvydos.
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Determining
Determine (v)
OED Determining n. a. The action of the verb determine. (Now
chiefly gerundial.) Cf. Determination n. 5. a., in same sense.
1530 (OED)
I say in making a revulsion, or by determining the motion of the
Blood, more towards one part than another, which is to be
practiced upon a thousand occasions; the quantity to be let, if
other circumstances are observed, very often exceeds not six or
eight Ounces in the strongest constitutions; now such a quantity
can never be supposed to bring our Patients strength into doubt,
(...). Cockburn, Continuation.
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Detracting
Detract (v)
OED Detracting n. The action of the verb detract; †protraction
(obs.); †shunning, avoiding (obs.); disparagement, detraction.
1563 (EMEMT)
Truth it is, wherfore let vs begin [^f.2v^] wyth out further
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