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Webster 1913 Edition


Arietation

Arˊi-e-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
arietatio
.]
1.
The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
Act of striking or conflicting.
[R.]
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arietation

ARIETA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of battering with the aries or battering ram.
2.
The act of striking or conflicting. [Rarely used.]

Definition 2024


arietation

arietation

English

Noun

arietation (countable and uncountable, plural arietations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of butting like a ram; the use of a battering ram.
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  2. (obsolete) The act of striking or conflicting.
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