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arietation en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin arietātiō, from arietāre, from ariēs.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The use of a battering ram, or similar.
   • the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
2. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) The act of striking, attacking or conflicting.
   • tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles, especially when for one way of hitting right, there are thousands of missing 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

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Relateds

arietiform · arietine · Aries