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Earliest attestation 1563 (OED)
Example
So some haue put them in ale, some in beere and some in meade,
and no doubt but all these meanes are very good according to the
vsage and disposition of the partie. Bailey, Gutta.
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Nominalization
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Definition
Earliest attestation
Example
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Disproving
Disprove (v)
The act of proving an assertion to be false or erroneous.
Cf. Disprove v. 1.a. trans. To prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to
be false or erroneous; to show the fallacy or non-validity of; to
refute, rebut, invalidate.
1587 (OED)
Thirdly for that I thought it beste to auoide the iudgement of the
multitude, from whome in maters of learnyng a man shalbe
forced to dissente, in disprouyng that whiche they most approue,
& approuyng that whiche they moste disalowe. Caius, Sweatyng.
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Nominalization Dissecting
Base
Dissect (v)
Definition OED Dissecting n. The action of the verb dissect. Cf. also
Dissection n. 3., in same sense.
Earliest attestation 1650 (EMEMT)
Example
Neither is a Chirurgeon contented to have performed so many
duties to the body of man while it is alive, and the instrument of
the soule for performing actions; but when it is dead, the spirit
returning to God, who gave it, he ceaseth not to be officious to it,
in dissecting of it, for the instruction of himselfe and others, and
preserving it from putrefaction and annoyance, untill time and
place fit for burying of it be offered: (...). Read, Workes.
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Nominalization Dissection
Base
< Latin dissectiōn-em, n. of action < dissecāre; used in medieval
or modern Latin Perhaps immed. < French dissection
Definition OED Dissection n. 3. The action of separating anything into
elementary or minute parts for the purpose of critical
examination; a ‘taking to pieces’, a minute examination; detailed
analysis or criticism. Cf. also Dissecting n., in same sense.
Earliest attestation 1611 (OED)
Example
But on the contrary, it's ordinary for Smiths, Cooks, and others,
whose imployment is conversant about the Fire, to incurre such
an extreme dryness of their Lungs, that in the dissection of their
Carcasses, they appear liker Spunges than moist Lungs; (...).
Harvey, Morbus.
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