Acervation
Pronunciation
- IPA: /æ.sɚˈveɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Origin
Latin acervatio
Full definition of acervation
Noun
acervation
(plural acervations)- (rare) A heaping up; accumulation - Johnson
- 1620, Thomas Lodge (tr.), Works, both Moral and Natural Chapter 2, Is it to be doubted that amongst these bodies which both we see and handle, which are either felt or feele, but that there are some compound? These are such by connexion or aceruation, as for example, a rope, corne, or a ship.