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Afforestation
Afforestation Af*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of converting into forest or woodland. --Blackstone.
Arrestation
Arrestation Ar`res*ta"tion, n. [F. arrestation, LL.
arrestatio.]
Arrest. [R.]
The arrestation of the English resident in France was
decreed by the National Convention. --H. M.
Williams.
Attestation
Attestation At`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. attestatio: cf. F.
attestation.]
The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or
official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a
fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of
witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a
name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.
Attestative
Attestative At*test"a*tive, a.
Of the nature of attestation.
Circumgestation
Circumgestation Cir`cum*ges*ta"tion, n. [L. circumgestare to
carry around; circum + gestare to carry.]
The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.]
Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. --Jer.
Taylor.
Contestation
Contestation Con`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. contestatio testimony:
cf. F. contestation a contesting.]
1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife;
dispute. ``Loverlike contestation.' --Milton.
After years spent in domestic, unsociable
contestations, she found means to withdraw.
--Clarendon.
2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]
A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God.
--Barrow.
Dehonestation
Dehonestation De*hon`es*ta"tion, n. [L. dehonestatio.]
A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] --Gauden.
Disforestation
Disforestation Dis*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of clearing land of forests. --Daniel.
GestationGestation Ges*ta"tion, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying,
fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to
bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to
delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on
horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his
own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison. Honestation
Honestation Hon`es*ta"tion, n.
The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] --W. Montagu.
Majestatic
Majestatic Maj`es*tat"ic, Majestatal Maj`es*tat"*al, a.
Majestic. [Obs.] --E. Pocock. Dr. J. Scott.
Molestation
Molestation Mol`es*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. molestation.]
The act of molesting, or the state of being molested;
disturbance; annoyance.
Obtestation
Obtestation Ob`tes*ta"tion, n. [L. obtestatio.]
The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.]
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. --Evelyn.
PotestativePotestative Po*tes"ta*tive, a. [L. potestativus, fr. potestas
power: cf. F. potestatif. See Potent.]
Authoritative. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. Prestation
Prestation Pres*ta"tion, n. [L. praestatio a performing,
paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law)
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a
service. --Burrill.
Prestation money Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons
and other dignitaries to their bishop. ProtestationProtestation Prot`es*ta"tion, n. [L. protestatio: cf. F.
protestation. See Protest.]
1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn
declaration, especially of dissent. `` The protestation of
our faith.' --Latimer.
2. (Law) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by
which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial
of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist,
and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or
denial. Reafforestation
Reafforestation Re`af*for`es*ta"tion, n.
The act or process of converting again into a forest.
Testation
Testation Tes*ta"tion, n. [L. testatio.]
A witnessing or witness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Uterogestation
Uterogestation U`te*ro*ges*ta"tion, n. [Uterus + gestation.]
Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
--Pritchard.
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