manuduction

manuduction noun: the act of guiding or a means of guidance; direction, guidance, instruction.

Noun

manuduction (countable and uncountable, plural manuductions)

(obsolete) The act of guiding or a means of guidance; direction, guidance, instruction.
- We hope it will not be unconsidered, that we finde no open tract, or constant manuduction in this Labyrinth; but are oft-times fain to wander in the America and untravelled parts of Truth.1646, Thomas Browne, “To the Reader”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650
- That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And ’twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter 21, in John Owen, editor, Scepsis Scientifica, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., published 1885, page 154

கைலாகு கொடுத்தல்

plural	manuductions

From Late Latin manuductio, from (ablative singular form of) Latin manus (“hand”) + ductiō (“leading”).

What does manuduction mean?: Manuduction means the act of guiding or a means of guidance; direction, guidance, instruction.
What is manuduction in Tamil?: Manuduction in Tamil is கைலாகு கொடுத்தல். See Manuduction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is manuduction?: Manuduction is a noun.
What is the plural of manuduction?: The plural of manuduction is manuductions.

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