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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549-1563
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Diffinitione, -ioun, n. [ME. diffinicioun (Wyclif), -icion, etc., OF. diffinicion, L. diffinītio.] Definition; decision. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 47/1.
To mak ane diffinitione of cosmographie 1551 Hamilton Catechism 41.
The determinaciouns and diffinitiouns of general counsellis 1562-3 Winȝet II. 19/22.
We sall follow the diffinitioun and sentence of all
