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incantoning

incantoning noun: union or division into cantons.

Noun

incantoning (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) union or division into cantons.
    • fearing the Proteſtant Intereſt might receive by it too great a Strengthening, propos'd at the ſame time the Incantoning of Conſtance, as a Counterpoiſe1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 517

Origin of incantoning

From in- + canton + -ing.

Questions about incantoning

What does incantoning mean?
Incantoning means union or division into cantons.
What part of speech is incantoning?
Incantoning is a noun.

Words near incantoning in the dictionary

  1. incantatory
  2. incanted
  3. incanter
  4. incanters
  5. incanting
  6. incantoning
  7. incantor
  8. incantors
  9. incants
  10. incap
  11. incapabilities

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