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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Occasioun, n.2 [L. occāsio (as Occasio(u)n,n.1), taken as the noun of action of occidere ‘to go down, set’; the actual L. word was occāsus.] Going down, setting (of the sun). — 1533 Bell. Livy I. 108/22.
He come nocht quhil ane litil afore the occasioun of the sone [L. paulo ante quam sol occideret] 1533 Ib. II. 208/25.
That thare inemyis suld invaid thame sone eftir the occasioun of the son [L. sub occasum solis] 1533 Ib. 207/29.
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