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constation

constation is the alternative form of constatation.

Meaning of constatation

Noun

constatation (countable and uncountable, plural constatations)

  1. The process of verification.
  2. An assertion; a proposition assumed for the sake of argument, an axiom.
    • In Q₂, he marks his departure from alternative constatation of fact (“Either love has put eyes in my head that have not true sight, or they see truly, but my judgment is amiss”) to social speculation by avoiding the see of visual perception in favor of the words eyes dote and love's eye, which...1997, Helen H. Vendler, The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets, page 626

Questions about constation

What is constation the alternative form of?
Constation is the alternative form of constatation.

Words near constation in the dictionary

  1. constatations
  2. constate
  3. constated
  4. constates
  5. constating
  6. constation
  7. constative
  8. constatively
  9. constativeness
  10. constatives
  11. constativity

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