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APPENDIX<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens 3<br />

joined or united; combination, conjunction: c. In physical sense;<br />

spec. in Surg., the growing together of the parts of a broken bone,<br />

lips of a wound, etc., in the process of healing. Cf. also Uniting n.<br />

a. and Unition n., in same sense.<br />

1631 (OED)<br />

By Bandage not only are Parts dextrously accomodated for<br />

Union; but [/17./] such also as would unnaturally grow together<br />

are kept asunder. In Burnings, Scaldings, &c. the Fingers would<br />

many times grow together, the Chin would grow to the Breast,<br />

the Arms to the Sides, were they not this way hindred. By them<br />

are Fluxes averted, and the delapse of Humours into the interiour<br />

Parts forbidden; and, being already lodged, they are prest out.<br />

Wiseman, Wounds.<br />

Nominalization Uniting<br />

Base<br />

Unite (v)<br />

Definition OED Uniting n. a. The action of the verb; union; an instance or<br />

occasion of this. Cf. Union n. 1 a. and Unition n., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation 1548 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Therefore twelfthly, it seems reasonable to think that there is no<br />

such thing as an Element of Fire that should attract or draw up<br />

the flame, or towards which the flame should endeavour to<br />

ascend out of a desire or appetite of uniting with that as its<br />

Homogeneal primitive and generating Element; (...). Hooke,<br />

Micrographia.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization Unition<br />

Base<br />

< late Latin ūnītiōn–, ūnītio, n. of action < Latin ūnīre (to unite)<br />

Definition OED Unition n. The action of uniting; the fact or condition of<br />

being united; union, conjunction, junction. †b. Of material<br />

substances or bodies. Obs. Cf. Union n. 1 a. and Uniting n., in<br />

same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation 1543 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Parts separated and disjoyned are to be brought together gently<br />

and equally, that they may touch one another, and so be prepared<br />

for Unition. Wiseman, Wounds.<br />

Tokens 3<br />

Nominalization Usage<br />

Base < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French usage, (...) <<br />

classical Latin ūsus (use) + Old French –age (–age)<br />

Definition OED Usage n. Obs. 2. a. Habitual use, established practice, or<br />

customary mode of action, on the part of a community; custom,<br />

tradition. Cf. also Using n., in same sense.<br />

Earliest attestation c1330 (c1300) (OED)<br />

470

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