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APPENDIX<br />

participle of experīrī (to try, to put to test)<br />

Definition OED Experience n. †1. a. The action of putting to the test; trial.<br />

to make experience of: to make trial of. Obs. Cf. also Experiment<br />

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

Earliest attestation 1393 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Many of them have set down sundry things not tryed by<br />

experience, but imagined by their fancy, which the sickle of triall<br />

will prune. Read, Workes.<br />

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Nominalization Experiment<br />

Base < Old French experiment, < Latin experīment-um, n. of action <<br />

experīrī (to try)<br />

Definition OED Experiment n. 1. a. The action of trying anything, or putting<br />

it to proof; a test, trial; esp. in phrases, to make (an) experiment,<br />

†to take (an) experiment . Const. of. Now somewhat arch. Cf.<br />

also Experience n. †1. a., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation a1382 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

We have found by Experiment, That a vigorous and well excited<br />

piece of Amber will draw, not onely the powder of Amber, but<br />

less minute fragments of it. Boyle, Magnetism.<br />

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Nominalization Expiring<br />

Base<br />

Expire (v)<br />

Definition OED Expiring n. a. The action of expire in its various senses.<br />

Earliest attestation 1612 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

(...) I found the shining sparks to be, as it were, cloath’d with<br />

light ashes, which, in spite of my diligence, had been already<br />

form’d about the attracted Corpuscles, upon the expiring of a<br />

good part of the fire; (...). Boyle, Magnetism.<br />

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Explaining<br />

Explain (v)<br />

OED Explaining n. The action of explain; †an explanation. Cf.<br />

also Explanation n. 1., Explicating n. and Explication n. 2., in<br />

same sense.<br />

a1586 (OED)<br />

Being now conscious of the great errors and dangers, that may<br />

result out of a mis-conception of the names of things, shall so<br />

much the more apply my endevours to a distinct explanation<br />

(explaining) of the names of my Subject, which usually are<br />

variously understood. Harvey, Morbus.<br />

2 (one of them a verbal gerund)<br />

Explanation<br />

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