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suscitation

suscitation noun: the act of raising or exciting.

Noun

suscitation (countable and uncountable, plural suscitations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of raising or exciting.
    • But the Answer to this, is not difficult, viz. That the Point now before us is not wholly determinable from the bare Grammatical Use of these Words; (according to which we deny not, but that they sometimes import a mere Suscitation or Production of a thing, without supposing any precedent...1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Forms of suscitation

pluralsuscitations

Origin of suscitation

Latin suscitatio: compare French suscitation.

Questions about suscitation

What does suscitation mean?
Suscitation means the act of raising or exciting.
What part of speech is suscitation?
Suscitation is a noun.
What is the plural of suscitation?
The plural of suscitation is suscitations.

Words near suscitation in the dictionary

  1. suscitability
  2. suscitate
  3. suscitated
  4. suscitates
  5. suscitating
  6. suscitation
  7. suscitations
  8. suscribe
  9. sused
  10. Susedgrad
  11. susegad

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