DIFFICULTATEVERB
to make difficult, to impede an action, etc. ...1611 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from ppl. stem of medieval Latin difficultare to render difficult from difficultas difficulty FIRST DOCUMENTED USE "Difficulter. To difficultate or difficilitate; to make difficult..." From: A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues By: Randle Cotgrave, 1611 EXAMPLE "...upon the circumstances which facilitated or difficultated (if I may make such a word for the nonce) the introduction of Christianity in different ages and parts of the world." From: Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey Dec. 17, 1829; Published 1856 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Porter, 1895
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