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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

superlatio

. See

Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Noun.

[L. superlatio.] Exaltation of any thing beyond truth or propriety. [I believe not used.]

superlation ‎(plural superlations)

(obsolete) exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety
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