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< Old French disgressiun, digressiun (12th cent.), modern French
digression, < Latin dīgressiōn-em, n. of action < dīgredī (to
digress)
OED Digression n. 2. Departure or deviation from the subject in
discourse or writing; an instance of this. (The earliest and most frequent
sense.)
1552 (OED)
I must confess I can hardly forbear running out into a long
digression concerning some noble Theorems about the great and
different effects of bleeding, that depend entirely upon the
infinitely useful demonstration of the circulation of the Blood,
that crowd into my thoughts; (...). Cockburn, Continuation.
Nominalization Dilaceration
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< French dilacération (...) < dīlacerāre (to dilacerate)
Definition OED Dilaceration n. 1. The action of rending asunder or tearing
(parts of the body, etc.); the condition of being torn or rent.
Earliest attestation 1612 (EMEMT)
Example
If the wound be not great inough that it may not bee drawen with
dilaceration of the flesh, [/36./] which maketh great
inflammation and dolour, in that case we must dilate the wound
with a Bystorie or Razour: for the which it is most necessary to
know the forme, substance, situation and collection of euery part,
(...). Lowe, Art.
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Nominalization Dilatation
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< Old French dilatacion, (...) < dīlātā-re (to dilate)
Definition OED Dilatation n. 1. a. The action or process of dilating; the
condition of being dilated; widening out, expansion, enlargement.
(Chiefly in Physics and Physiol.)
Earliest attestation c1400 (OED)
Example
(...) thence, together with the returning Blood and Lympha, into
the Vena Cava, and so to the right Ventricle of the Heart;
whence, by the Systole or Contraction [^p.16^] of the Heart, thro
the Arterial Vein, into the Lungs; where, by the Contraction and
Dilatation of the Lungs, it is mix'd with the Blood, and that part
of it which is fit for that purpose, is there made Blood: (...).
Colbatch, Novum.
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Diminishing
Diminish (v)
OED Diminishing n. 1. The action of the verb diminish;
lessening. Cf. Diminution n. 1. a., in same sense.
a1535 (OED)
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