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examined. †1. A testing, trial, proof, assay. Also fig. Obs. Cf.
Examining n., in same sense.
Earliest attestation c1510 (OED)
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Nor is this kind of Texture peculiar to Cork onely; for upon
examination with my Microscope, I have found that the pith of
an Elder, or almost any other Tree, the inner pulp or pith of the
Cany hollow stalks of several other Vegetables: (...). Hooke, Life.
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Examine (v)
OED Examining n. a. The action of examine, in various senses.
Cf. Examination n., in same sense.
c1386 (OED)
(...) whereas by not examining so far as he might, he has set
down an Explication which Experiment do’s contradict. Hooke,
Life.
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Nominalization Exception
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< Anglo-Norman excepcioun (French exception ), < Latin
exceptiōn-em, n. of action < excipĕre (to except)
Definition OED Exception n. 1. a. The action of excepting (a person or
thing, a particular case) from the scope of a proposition, rule,
etc.; the state or fact of being so excepted. Const. from, to.
Earliest attestation c1385 (OED)
Example
Only I must confess, that tho I have put it beyond exception, by
arguments from reason and experience, that Evacuation in the
case of Fevers is absolutely necessary towards their Cure, and
tho I have also declar'd that this Evacuation is to be
proportionable to the interrupted perspiration, that causes our
Fevers, (...). Cockburn, Continuation.
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Nominalization Excoriation
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Excoriate (v)
Definition OED Excoriation n. 1. The action of excoriating; the state of
being excoriated: b. the action of abrading a portion of the
cuticle, or of the coating of any organ of the body; an instance of
this.
Earliest attestation 1447 (OED)
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This vnguent is for iche of the leggs and inflamation, excoriation,
burning and blisteringe, comminge of whote humours, and for
whote and sharpe vlcerations. &c. Gale, Antidotaire.
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