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AccubationAccubation Ac`cu*ba"tion, n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr.
accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See Accumb.]
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by
the ancients at meals. Cibation
Cibation Ci*ba"tion, n. [L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed.]
1. The act of taking food.
2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents
of the crucible with fresh material. --B. Jonson.
Cohobation
Cohobation Co`ho*ba"tion, n. [Cf. F. cohobation.] (Anc. Chem.)
The process of cohobating. --Grew.
Comprobation
Comprobation Com`pro*ba"tion, n. [L. comprobatio.]
1. Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. Approbation. [Obs.] --Foxe.
Conglobation
Conglobation Con`glo*ba"tion, n. [L. conglobatio: cf. F.
conglobation.]
1. The act or process of forming into a ball. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. A round body.
Cubation
Cubation Cu*ba"tion (k?-b?"sh?n), n. [L. cubatio, fr. cubare
to lie down.]
The act of lying down; a reclining. [Obs.]
DecubationDecubation Dec`u*ba"tion, n. [From L. decubare; de- + cubare.
See Decumbent.]
Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] --Evelyn. Deturbation
Deturbation Det`ur*ba"tion, n.
The act of deturbating. [Obs.]
Disturbation
Disturbation Dis`tur*ba"tion, n. [L. disturbatio.]
Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Exacerbation
Exacerbation Ex*ac`er*ba"tion
. [Cf. F. exacerbation.]
1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of
being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity;
as, exacerbation of passion.
2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as
in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of
diseased and painful action.
Excubation
Excubation Ex`cu*ba"tion
. [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie
out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.]
A keeping watch. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Humicubation
Humicubation Hu`mi*cu*ba"tion, n. [L. humus the ground +
cubare to lie down.]
The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] --Abp.
Bramhall.
Imperturbation
Imperturbation Im*per`tur*ba"tion, n. [L. imperturbatio.]
Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. --W.
Montagu.
Improbation
Improbation Im`pro*ba"tion, n. [L. improbatio.]
1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are
proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some
instrument declared false or forged. --Bell.
IncubationIncubation In`cu*ba"tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a
disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of
development of the supposed germs or spores. Intubation
Intubation In`tu*ba"tion, n. [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.)
The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as
into the larynx in croup.
Jobation
Jobation Jo*ba"tion, n. [Prov. E. job to scold, to reprove,
perh. fr. Job, the proper name.]
A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law] --Grose.
Libation
Libation Li*ba"tion (l[-i]*b[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. libatio, fr.
libare to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out
as an offering: cf. F. libation.]
The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either
on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some
deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out. --Dryden.
A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. --Bacon.
Masturbation
Masturbation Mas`tur*ba"tion, n. [L. masturbatus, p. p. of
masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation.]
Onanism; self-pollution.
Orbation
Orbation Or*ba"tion, n. [L. orbatio.]
The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or
children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
Period of incubationIncubation In`cu*ba"tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F.
incubation.]
1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a
brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life
within, by any process. --Ray.
2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or
its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of
dreaming oracular dreams. --Tylor.
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the
period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a
disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of
development of the supposed germs or spores. Perturbation
Perturbation Per`tur*ba"tion, n. [L. perturbatio: cf. F.
perturbation.]
1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed;
esp., agitation of mind.
2. (Astron.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other
motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force
additional to that which causes its regular motion; as,
the perturbations of the planets are caused by their
attraction on each other. --Newcomb.
Perturbational
Perturbational Per`tur*ba"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations
of the planets. ``The perturbational theory.' --Sir J.
Herschel.
Prelibation
Prelibation Pre`li*ba"tion, n. [L. praelibatio, fr. praelibare
to taste beforehand: cf. F. prelibation.]
1. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as,
a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
2. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Probational
Probational Pro*ba"tion*al, a.
Probationary.
Probationary
Probationary Pro*ba"tion*a*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.
To consider this life . . . as a probationary state.
--Paley.
Probationer
Probationer Pro*ba"tion*er, n.
1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a
novice.
While yet a young probationer, And candidate of
heaven. --Dryden.
2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates
of good morals and qualifications from his university, is
admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on
acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach. [Scot.]
Probationership
Probationership Pro*ba"tion*er*ship, n.
The state of being a probationer; novitiate. --Locke.
Probationship
Probationship Pro*ba"tion*ship, n.
A state of probation.
Recubation
Recubation Rec`u*ba"tion (r?k`?*b?"sh?n), n. [L. recubare to
lie upon the back.]
Recumbence. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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