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Webster 1913 Edition

Excubation

Exˊcu-ba′tion

Noun.

[L.

excubatio

, fr.

excubare

to lie out on guard;

ex

out on guard;

ex

out +

cubare

to lie down.]

A keeping watch.

[Obs.]

Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excubation

EXCUBA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of watching all night. [Little used.]