upgivingn.
Scottish.† 2. Declaration, presentment. Obsolete.
1. Surrender; abandonment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun]
resignationc1380
resigning1395
upgivingc1423
cessionc1440
delivery?c1452
resign1457
remittinga1475
resignment1543
surrendry1547
resignal?1573
quittancea1593
relinquishment1593
delinquishment1603
abandon1614
surrendering1648
untaking1657
permission1677
vacating1820
c1423 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1882) 45/1 For the upgiffin of hys tak of the landdis of Kyrktoun.
1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 246/1 For þe vpgiffing of þe charteris evidentis and all vþer richt þat he haid.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1726) i. v. 121 What could be expected next, but utter upgiving?
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > [noun]
declaration1340
propositionc1390
presentmentc1454
unsecretness1526
advancement1532
representation1553
upgiving1574
pronouncement1593
presentation1597
proposal1597
declarement1633
pronounce1641
enunciation1651
declaring1667
advance1699
declarature1729
statement1776
stating1780
constatation1952
1574 in C. Rogers Three Sc. Reformers (1874) 10 As to my Insprech..I refer to my wifis aith and vpgeving.
a1646 T. Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 19 The omitted Benefices, which the Prelates..omitted in the Upgiving of the Rental.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 338 [He] presentit the subscrivit rollis of the tenthis givin wp be the oath of ilk subscriver, as thay who had commissioun to receave and sie the vpgiveing of the saidis rollis.
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