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averruncations

averruncations is the plural of averruncation.

Meaning of averruncation

Noun

averruncation (countable and uncountable, plural averruncations)

  1. (archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
    • Quest[ion]. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull ? Answ[er]. [etc.]1649, Iohn Robinson, Miscellaneous Propositions and Quæres, R. Royston, ch. 10, page 29
  2. Eradication, uprooting.

Questions about averruncations

What is averruncations the plural of?
Averruncations is the plural of averruncation.

Words near averruncations in the dictionary

  1. averruncate
  2. averruncated
  3. averruncates
  4. averruncating
  5. averruncation
  6. averruncations
  7. averruncator
  8. averruncators
  9. avers
  10. Aversa
  11. Aversano

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