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exantlation

exantlation noun: the action of drawing something out, as though from a well.

Noun

exantlation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The action of drawing something out, as though from a well.
    • [T]ruth which wiſe men ſay doth lye in a Well, is not recoverable but by exantlation.1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Credulity and Supinity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 13
    • [...] I do not doubt to lay open by Untwisting or Unwinding, and either to draw up by Exantlation, or diſplay by Inciſion.1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section I. The Introduction.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 47

Origin of exantlation

From exantlate + -ation.

Questions about exantlation

What does exantlation mean?
Exantlation means the action of drawing something out, as though from a well.
What part of speech is exantlation?
Exantlation is a noun.

Words near exantlation in the dictionary

  1. exanthesis
  2. exantlate
  3. exantlated
  4. exantlates
  5. exantlating
  6. exantlation
  7. exaop
  8. exaops
  9. exaparsec
  10. exaparsecs
  11. exapophyses

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