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inceration

inceration noun: ceration.

Noun

inceration (countable and uncountable, plural incerations)

  1. ceration.
    • Take therefore of the bones of Adam, and of calx the same weight, there must be sixe for the rocky stone, & fiue for the stone of vnions, & these you must worke togither with Aqua vitæ (whose property is to dissolue all other things) that it may bee dissolued and boyled in it. And this a signe of...1597, Roger Bacon,, The Mirror of Alchimy
    • - He has his white shirt on?
      - Yes, sir,
      He's ripe for inceration: he stands warm
      In his ash-fire.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...

Forms of inceration

pluralincerations

Origin of inceration

From Latin incerare (“to smear with wax”), from in- (“in”) + cerare (“to wax”), from cera (“wax”). Compare French incération.

Questions about inceration

What does inceration mean?
Inceration means ceration.
What part of speech is inceration?
Inceration is a noun.
What is the plural of inceration?
The plural of inceration is incerations.

Words near inceration in the dictionary

  1. inceptor
  2. inceptors
  3. inceptosol
  4. incepts
  5. inceptual
  6. inceration
  7. incerations
  8. incerative
  9. incertain
  10. incertainties
  11. incertainty

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