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exesion

/ɪɡˈziːʒən/

exesion noun: the act of eating, or corroding, out or through.

Noun

exesion (usually uncountable, plural exesions)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The act of eating, or corroding, out or through.
    • he denieth the exesion or forcing through the belly1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of exesion

pluralexesions

Origin of exesion

From Latin exedere, exesum (“to eat up”), from ex (“out”) + edere (“to eat”).

Questions about exesion

What does exesion mean?
Exesion means the act of eating, or corroding, out or through.
What part of speech is exesion?
Exesion is a noun.
How do you pronounce exesion?
Exesion is pronounced /ɪɡˈziːʒən/.
What is the plural of exesion?
The plural of exesion is exesions.

Words near exesion in the dictionary

  1. exertive
  2. exertment
  3. exertments
  4. exerts
  5. exes
  6. exesion
  7. exesions
  8. exessive
  9. exessive case
  10. exessive cases
  11. exessives

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