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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1453-1567
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Occultatioun, n. Also: occultacio(u)n(e, ocultation. [Late ME. occultacion (1432–50), e.m.E. occultation, L. occultātio.] Hiding, concealment, suppression (of the truth, of certain facts).(1) 1453 Melville Chart. 37.
Quhare the occultatioun of verite ma gennyre preiudice tille innocentis 1479 Highland P. II. 184. 1481 Douglas Bequest 17 May.
It is neidfull … to beir witnessing to the suthfastnes and specialy quhair occultacioun thairoff ma gener preiudice … to the innocent 1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 83.
Ocultation 1516 Fife Sheriff Ct. 144.
Occultacione 1519 Dunferm. B. Rec. 78.
Occultacioune(2) 1567 Acts II. 573/1.
In occultatioun & celatioun of the premisis … in the tressonable conspiracie
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