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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1494, 1563-1570
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Dubitacioun, -atioun, n. [ME. dubytacion (15th c.), OF. dubitation, L. dubitātio.] Doubt. — 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 168 b.
That we suld … trow without ony manere of dubitacioun 1494 Acts Lords of Council 350/1.
For the deciding of certane questiouns and dubitaciounis of law 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 51.
The Chamæleon … eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striveling
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