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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Altercatioun, n. Also: -ation; altricatioun, -ation. [ME. altercacioun (Chaucer), -acyon, e.m.E. alter(i)cation, altricacion, OF. altercation, L. altercātio.] Altercation, dispute. (See also Alteratioun,n. 3.)1410–1 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 31 (eftir syndry altricationis and wordis). 1428 Liber Melrose 520 (altercatiouns and delays). 1513 Doug. xi. ix. 1 (quhill thai at gret altricatioun [Sm. altercatioun] wer). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 28/28 (that the veritie be not losit be altercation).
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