• Acervation

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /æ.sɚˈveɪʃən/
    • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

    Origin

    Latin acervatio

    Full definition of acervation

    Noun

    acervation

    (plural acervations)
    1. (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.

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