performation

English

Etymology

From perform +‎ -ation.

Noun

performation (countable and uncountable, plural performations)

1. (obsolete) Performance.
   • 1703, Thomas Bodley, chapter XCVIII, in Reliquiæ Bodleianæ: or Some Genuine Remains of Sir Thomas Bodley, London:  […] John Hartley, page 191:

     When I come, I will conclude, and I hope there is nothing, but will fall within the Compaſs of mine own ſimple Judgment, for the good or bad Performation, for which, if John were come, yon ſhould have me ſhortly with you.

Further reading

• “performation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.