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† perforˈmation Obs.
[f. perform v. or AF. performer: see -ation. (It occurs in a Fr. letter of Mary Stuart, 14 Dec. 1584, in Godef.)]
The action of performing; = performance (in its various early senses).
1504in Bury Wills (Camden) 96 Item I wyll that all my londys and tenements..shall remayn to the performacion of the prestes seruyce duryng the seid xxti yeerys. 1505in Mem. Hen. VII (Rolls) 251 The Kynge hymselfe sitithe in cownsaile with hys lords abowte the performacion of the quynes wille. 1529in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 23 To be contynuall suter to your Highnes for the performacion of the saide ccccc markes. 1599Hakluyt Voy. I. 164 This Indenture made..for the performation of y⊇ things vnderwritten. |