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APPENDIX<br />

Example<br />

And here note, that there is difference betwyxt the grecians, and<br />

the later writers, touchinge the names of these compound<br />

medicynes. For the Grecians dyd call vnguentes onely aromatick<br />

oyles, wherewyth they dyd annoynt the body. The Cerotes they<br />

called suche medicynes as receyued into their composition oyle<br />

and waxe. Gale, Institution.<br />

Tokens 2<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

Differencing<br />

Difference (v)<br />

OED Differencing n. The action of the verb to difference (in<br />

various senses). Cf. Difference n. 1. a., in same sense.<br />

1632 (OED)<br />

Thus much for differencing those terms, which otherwise might<br />

erroneously be taken for one and the same kind of Consumption.<br />

Harvey, Morbus.<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Nominalization Digesting<br />

Base<br />

Digest (v)<br />

Definition OED Digesting n. a. The action of the verb digest in various<br />

senses. Cf. Digestion n. 1. a., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation 1541 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Whiche Galen witnesseth to bee nothinge els but the cause<br />

whereof action procedeth, we shall passe thys to learned<br />

Studientes of Philosophy and only Phisicke. For what nedes<br />

manye wordes, watches do let nature from the office of<br />

disgestinge, wherefore they leaue great rawnes, & lacke of<br />

naturall heat enseweth, of the which euil humors foloweth: (...).<br />

Jones, Dial.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization Digestion<br />

Base<br />

< French digestion (...) < dīgerĕre (past participle dīgest–) (to<br />

digest)<br />

Definition OED Digestion n. 1. a. The physiological process whereby the<br />

nutritive part of the food consumed is, in the stomach and<br />

intestines, rendered fit to be assimilated by the system. Cf.<br />

Digesting n. a., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation c1386 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

For the same a grayne of aloe gyuen w=t= hony clenseth the<br />

stomake/ and procureth dygestyon. Pewdre of Mastyke and aloe<br />

medled togyder/ and soden in white wyne ought to be gyuen for<br />

the same. Anonymous, Newe.<br />

Tokens 28<br />

Nominalization<br />

Digression<br />

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