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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1634
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Occasionating, vbl. n. [f. e.m.E. occasionat(e v. (1545), f. as Occasionatp.p.] Bringing about, causing: cf. Occasion v. a. —1634 Johnston Diary I. (1911) 231.
His occasionating thir two [sc. blessings] to thé declaired His readines to effectuat them at this tyme
