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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1549
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Assentatioun, -ione, n. [Late ME. assentacyon (1481), e.m.E. assentation, F. assentation, L. assentātio.] Obsequious or subservient assent. —1531 Bell. Boece I. 218 (vane favour and assentatioun of pepil); II. 21 (be vane assentationis and subtell behavingis). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 3/4 (assentatione or adulatione).
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