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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1581
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Inductio(u)n, n. [ME. in various senses (c 1380), L. inductio.] a. Inducement. b. Inference. c. Introduction, initiation (of a novel practice etc.). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 3/26.
Be persuasion and inductioun of the enemy c1490 Ib. 76/12.
Be the fals inductioun and suggestioun of the Jewis a1538 Abell 26 b.
At all wemen mycht be seducit be inductioun 1562-3 Winȝet II. 21/17.
Quhoumekle calamitie is inbrocht be the inductioun of a new doctrine 1581 Burne Disput. 28 b.
I sall schortlie be induction proue that the fals prophettis … denyis all the articlis heirof
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