n. [ L. acclamatio: cf. F. acclamation. ] 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. [ 1913 Webster ]

On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Antiq.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections; specif. (R. C. Ch.), the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation. ] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. amalgamation. ] 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animatio, fr. animare. ] 1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. apostematio: cf. F. apostémation. ] (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [ Written corruptly imposthumation. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. approximation, LL. approximatio. ] 1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) (a) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation. (b) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Linguistics) 1. a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it, such as emote from emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. the process of inventing a back-formation{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act of imparting balsamic properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art or process of embalming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth. ] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

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n. [ LL. chrismatio. ] The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. clamatio, fr. L. clamare to call. ] The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation. ] The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. --
Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conclamatio. ] An outcry or shout of many together. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concrematio, fr. concremare. See Cremate. ] The act of burning different things together. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. confirmation, L. confirmatio. ] 1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their blood is shed
In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation. ] 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

A structure and conformation of the earth. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consummatio. ] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From its original to its consummation. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet consummation have,
And renownéd be thy grave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crematio. ] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates the practice of cremation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decimatio: cf. F. décimation. ] 1. A tithing. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. déclamation. See Declaim. ] 1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. [ 1913 Webster ]

The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See Defame. ] Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In modern usage, written defamation bears the title of libel, and oral defamation that of slander. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deformatio: cf. F. déformation. ] 1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transformation; change of shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to deformation (in all senses). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. delacrimatio, fr. delacrimare to weep. See Lachrymation. ] An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déflegmation. ] (Chem.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deplumate. ] 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. Thomas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. despumatio: cf. F. despumation. ] The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. desquamation. ] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

n. The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Privation of life. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disesteem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of giving shape or form. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t. ] 1. The act of estimating. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. Lev. xxvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders. Wisdom viii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Supposition; conjecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

I speak not this in estimation,
As what I think might be, but what I know. Shak.

Syn. -- Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. exanimatio. ] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation. ] 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [ ! ]; -- called also exclamation point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation. ] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate. ] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. gemmation. ] (Biol.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. formatio: cf. F. formation. ] 1. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A substance formed or deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geol.) (a) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations. (b) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. gemmation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Biol.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage. ] Interment; inhumation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hiematio. ] 1. The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of affording shelter in winter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of illegitimating; bastardizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Inanimate. ] Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Inanimate. ] Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The inanimation of Christ living and breathing within us. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]