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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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Sensacioun, n. [e.m.E. sensation (1615), OF sensacion (1370 in Larousse), med. L. sensation- (c1300 in Latham).] Feeling, sensation, the effect produced by the operation of the bodily senses. — 1490 Irland Mir. III 63/37.
Sen God has vnyt … the saule of the man with the body and gevin it … desyr to … take plesaunce sensacioun and dileccioun in it be mene and causacioun of it [etc.]
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