A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1641-1669
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0]
Provatio(u)n, n. Altered (or ? erroneous) variant of Probatio(u)n(e n., conformed to Prove v. — 1641 Judiciary Cases II 451.
And eftir provatioun it was fund that the samyn was nocht accidentall bot wilfull murthour 1669 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS 21 Aug.
Provation
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Provation n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/provatioun>
