"oscitation" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1547, A. Borde, edited by Bill Long, Breuiary of Helthe, published 2006, archived from the original on 2012-12-09:",
          "text": "Ossitacio is the latyn worde..In englysh it is named ossitacion yeanynge or gapynge.",
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          "ref": "1709 September 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Joseph Addison], “Friday, September 2, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 63; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:",
          "text": "But I shall defer considering this subject at large, until I come to my treatise of oscitation, laughter, and ridicule.",
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        "The act of yawning or gaping."
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        "(also figurative) The act of yawning or gaping."
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          "text": "These transient fits of oscitation, and inactivity, are perhaps no more than a necessary relaxation to the mind, and serve to quicken its faculties to a more lively sensation of returning pleasure.",
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        "The condition of being listless, drowsy, negligent, or inattentive; an occurrence of such negligence or inattention."
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        "(obsolete) The condition of being listless, drowsy, negligent, or inattentive; an occurrence of such negligence or inattention."
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