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accensions

accensions is the plural of accension.

Meaning of accension

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

Questions about accensions

What is accensions the plural of?
Accensions is the plural of accension.

Words near accensions in the dictionary

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

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