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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1570-1590
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Consumptioun, -ione, n. [ME. consumpcyon (1398), -cioun, etc., OF. consumption, L. consumptio.] Consuming, wasting. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 31.
My wark sall hald … But wering or consumptioun 1570 Leslie 268.
Throuch consumptione of seiknes c1590 Fowler i. 57/264.
How in his vanis the hiddin hurt dois his consumptioun wurk
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