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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456-1490, 1596
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Cogitacioun(e, -atione, n. [ME. (rare) cogitacion, -aciun (a 1225), OF. cogitaciun, -acion, L. cōgitātio.] Thinking; a thought.1456 Hay II. 69/23.
Quhen a knycht … takis him false cogitaciouns of traysouns 1456 Ib. 97/32.
In grete penseis of thouchtis and of cogitaciounis displesant 1490 Irland Mir. I. 104/11.
All the jnnemeis of hell mycht noucht induce this lady to syn or euill cogitacioune 1596 Dalr. I. 107/1.
Al cogitatione of mony or gathiring riches
