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cibation

/sɪˈbeɪʃən/

cibation noun: the act of consuming food.

Noun

cibation (countable and uncountable, plural cibations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of consuming food.
  2. (obsolete) The operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
    • fermentation and cibation1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act I, scene i

Forms of cibation

pluralcibations

Origin of cibation

From Latin cibatio, from cibare (“to feed”).

Questions about cibation

What does cibation mean?
Cibation means the act of consuming food.
What part of speech is cibation?
Cibation is a noun.
How do you pronounce cibation?
Cibation is pronounced /sɪˈbeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of cibation?
The plural of cibation is cibations.

Words near cibation in the dictionary

  1. cibarial
  2. cibarian
  3. cibarious
  4. cibarium
  5. cibariums
  6. cibation
  7. cibations
  8. Cibecue
  9. Cibecues
  10. cibell
  11. cibells

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