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accension

accension noun: the act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

Noun

accension (plural accensions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
    • From Small-coal ensueth the black colour and quick accension; for neither Brimstone nor Petre, although in Powder, will take fire like Small-coal […]1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Forms of accension

pluralaccensions

Origin of accension

From Latin accensiōnem, from accendere.

Questions about accension

What does accension mean?
Accension means the act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
What part of speech is accension?
Accension is a noun.
What is the plural of accension?
The plural of accension is accensions.

Words near accension in the dictionary

  1. accendibility
  2. accendible
  3. accending
  4. accends
  5. accensed
  6. accension
  7. accensions
  8. accensor
  9. accensors
  10. accent
  11. accent acute

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