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arietation

arietation noun: the use of a battering ram, or similar.

Noun

arietation (countable and uncountable, plural arietations)

  1. (obsolete) The use of a battering ram, or similar.
    • the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) The act of striking, attacking or conflicting.
    • tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles, especially when for one way of hitting right, there are thousands of missing1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Forms of arietation

pluralarietations

Origin of arietation

From Latin arietātiō, from arietāre, from ariēs.

Questions about arietation

What does arietation mean?
Arietation means the use of a battering ram, or similar.
What part of speech is arietation?
Arietation is a noun.
What is the plural of arietation?
The plural of arietation is arietations.

Words near arietation in the dictionary

  1. ariels
  2. arienzo
  3. arienzos
  4. Aries
  5. Arieses
  6. arietation
  7. arietations
  8. Arietian
  9. Arietians
  10. Arietid
  11. Arietids

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