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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1549
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Declinatioun, -ation(e, n. [e.m.E. declination, ME. -acion, -acioun (Chaucer), L. dēclīnātio.]
1. Decline from a prosperous state; decay. 1531 Bell. Boece II. 383.
Thair hicht and gret pissance … was sa suspect … that it was the caus of thair declination 1533 Id. Livy I. 290/12.
As the begynnyng thareof was full of pride … , so was the declinatioun thareof the more suddane 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 20/11.
Lordschips ande digniteis hes incressing, declinatione, ande exterminatione
2. The declination of a heavenly body. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 47/12.
It sal declair the mouyng, eleuatione, and declinatione of the sone, mune, and of the sterris
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