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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disputatioun, -acioun, n. Also: -atioune, -ation, -acioune, -acion(e; desputatioun(e. [e.m.E. disputation, ME. -acion (c 1450), OF. -ation, L. disputātio.] Disputation, discussion. 1375 Barb. i. 250.
Than mays clerkis questioun, Quhen thai fallin disputacioun, That gyff [etc.] a1400 Leg. S. xxxi. 156.
He … fel in disputacion with ane erretike Ib. xxxvi. 703.
Tharof disputacione Thai held lang but conclusione a1500 Henr. Fab. 486.
The selie hennis … Fell in that cace in disputatioun Ib. 1205.
Thay … held ane lang quhile disputatioun 1490 Acta Conc. 161/1.
The disputacioune thairof micht exclude ane of the said partiis … fra the heretage c1515 Asl. MS. I. p. xiii.
The disputacioun betuix the nychtingale and the merle 1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 171.
The abbot … wes present in court and herd & saw the disputacioun of the richt of the pley 1543 Reg. Morton II. 283.
That or it come to the desputatioun of the caus … he mycht haif place [etc.] 1562-3 Winȝet II. 48/16.
Quhat thingis difficil to persuade, be strenthe of disputatioun maid he nocht plane? a1578 Pitsc. I. 401/21.
The lordis falland in disputatioun in this maner