*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 114

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03approximateNO SINGLE PIN

by 1660; sources disagree on the earliest record

England

decimate DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary reports 1660 for the every-tenth English sense, while its usage essay reports a record at the end of the sixteenth century. SET-U preserves the discrepancy instead of choosing a false exact date.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
approximate
TIME PRECISION
before
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The before-1661 bound contains both reviewed reports: a dictionary first-known-use year of 1660 and the same publisher’s usage essay placing its earliest record at the end of the sixteenth century.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Decimate — Word History

    Reports 1660 for the first known English use in the every-tenth sense.

    Word History: First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. challenges

    The Original Definition of Decimate

    The same publisher’s usage essay instead reports its earliest record at the end of the sixteenth century, so the route exposes a by-1660 horizon rather than an exact uncontested date.

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