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dementation

dementation noun: the act of depriving of reason; madness.

Noun

dementation (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act of depriving of reason; madness.
    • […] and so they aver to be drunk, or accessory to anothers Distemper (especially supposing the Distemper under command from breaking out into any other sins besides its own dementation, or stupidity) to be a lesse sin, than to call one Drunkard, on the bare sight of him in a Distemper, or but one...1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

Origin of dementation

From Latin dēmentātiō. By surface analysis, dement + -ation.

Questions about dementation

What does dementation mean?
Dementation means the act of depriving of reason; madness.
What part of speech is dementation?
Dementation is a noun.

Words near dementation in the dictionary

  1. dementalizing
  2. dementate
  3. dementated
  4. dementates
  5. dementating
  6. dementation
  7. demented
  8. dementedly
  9. dementedness
  10. dementia
  11. dementia café

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