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deplication

deplication noun: an unfolding, unplaiting, or untwisting.

Noun

deplication (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An unfolding, unplaiting, or untwisting.
    • [T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it.1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fifteenth Treatise. The Duties of a Christian towards Enemies. §. II. The Averseness to this Duty Ariseth from Our Corrupted Nature, Promoted by Divers Subtile Temptations...

Origin of deplication

From Latin deplicare (“to unfold”), from de- + plicare (“to fold”).

Questions about deplication

What does deplication mean?
Deplication means an unfolding, unplaiting, or untwisting.
What part of speech is deplication?
Deplication is a noun.

Words near deplication in the dictionary

  1. depletors
  2. depletory
  3. deplex
  4. deplexing
  5. depliage
  6. deplication
  7. deplorability
  8. deplorable
  9. deplorableness
  10. deplorables
  11. deplorably

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