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APPENDIX<br />

Tokens<br />

sweate) it stirreth and draweth out of the erthe euill exhalations<br />

and mistes, to thinfection of the aier and displeasure of vs.<br />

Caius, Sweatyng.<br />

6 (3 of them verbal gerunds)<br />

Nominalization Operation<br />

Base<br />

< Middle French, French operation (...) < operāt–, past<br />

participial stem of operārī (to operate) + –iō (–ation)<br />

Definition OED Operation n. 1. a. The exertion of force or influence;<br />

working, activity; a manner of working, the way in which a thing<br />

works.<br />

Earliest attestation a1393 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Chirurgia is a Greek terme composed of [^GREEK OMITTED^]<br />

which signifieth a hand, and [^GREEK OMITTED^] to work:<br />

Because it restoreth health to the bodies of men by manual<br />

operation. Read, Workes.<br />

Tokens 55<br />

Nominalization Oppilation<br />

Base<br />

< classical Latin oppīlātiōn–, (...) < oppīlāt–, past participial stem<br />

of oppīlāre (to oppilate) + –iō (–ation)<br />

Definition OED Oppilation n. Med. Obs. The action of obstructing or<br />

stopping something up; the condition of being obstructed or<br />

blocked; an obstruction.<br />

Earliest attestation a1400 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer or of y~ mylte/ take Aloe w~ iuce<br />

of smalache warme/ or make decoccyo~ of y~ rotes of smalache/<br />

percely/ fenell/ benworte/ & sparge w~ two drammes of mastyke/<br />

and vse it ii. or iii. tymes in the weke. Anonymous, Newe.<br />

Tokens 4<br />

Nominalization Opposition<br />

Base<br />

< Middle French, French opposition (...) < classical Latin<br />

opposit–, past participial stem of oppōnere (to set against) + –iō<br />

(–ation)<br />

Definition OED Opposition n. 3. a. Contrary or hostile argument or action;<br />

resistance; dissent, or contradiction; objection. With against or<br />

esp. to. in opposition to: in conflict or disagreement with.<br />

Earliest attestation 1548 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

An Hectick Feaver implyes a twofold sense. 1. It's taken for any<br />

confirm'd, [^p.13^] fix'd, and durable Feaver, admitting of no<br />

easie cure, or rather a Feaver that's grown habitual, in<br />

opposition to a Schetical (superficial or moveable) Feaver,<br />

which being but lately arrived is easily expelled, as a Diary or<br />

Putrid Feaver. Harvey, Morbus.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

402

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