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APPENDIX
Example
(...) but herein their state is differenced from a proper
Consumption, that upon their entrance into a course of Physick,
they are apt in a very short time to lose their flesh, so as to
counterfeit Anatomies, and afterwards upon the least
intermission of their Medicines to impinguate (grow fat) to
admiration; (...). Harvey, Morbus.
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Nominalization Interposition
Base
< French interposition, (...), < Latin interpositiōn-em, n. of action
from interpōnĕre (to interpone)
Definition OED Interposition n. 1. a. The action of placing something or
oneself between; the fact of being placed or situated between;
intervention.
Earliest attestation 1412-20 (OED)
Example
(...) Electrical Steams are like those of some odoriferous Bodies,
easily check’d in their progress, since ‘tis affirm’d by Learned
Writers, who say they speak upon particular Trial, that the
interposition of the finest Linnen or Sarsnet is sufficient to
hinder all the Operation of excited Amber upon a Straw or
Feather plac’d never so little beyond it. Boyle, Magnetism.
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Nominalization Interruption
Base
< Latin interruptiōn-em, n. of action from interrupĕre (to
interrupt)
Definition OED Interruption n. The action of interrupting, or fact of being
interrupted (in the various senses of the verb); with an and pl., an
instance of this. 1. a. A breaking in upon some action, process, or
condition (esp. speech or discourse), so as to cause it (usually
temporarily) to cease; hindrance of the course or continuance of
something; a breach of continuity in time; a stoppage.
Earliest attestation 1489 (OED)
Example
(...) 'tis evident that the blood may be mightily chang'd by an
interruption of perspiration, and now in case of a fall, in less
than 24 hours, and that bleeding may actually dispose the blood
for becoming better, by promoting the secretions, [^p.15^]and
recovering its colour and strength in almost as short a time as
they were lost. Cockburn, Continuation.
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Nominalization
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Definition
Earliest attestation
Intersection
< Latin intersectiōn-em (Vitruvius), n. of action from intersecāre
(to intersect)
OED Intersection n. 1. The action or fact of intersecting or
crossing; esp. in Geom.
1559 (OED)
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