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† dormiˈtation Obs.
[ad. late L. dormītātiōn-em, n. of action f. dormītāre, freq. of dormīre to sleep: cf. obs. F. dormitation.]
1. Sleeping, falling asleep, drowsiness.
1563–4Abp. Parker Corr. 202 By great considerations..of their vigilancy and our dormitation. 1661G. Rust Origen in Phenix (1721) I. 65 So great a Forgetfulness and Dormitation in so acute and diligent a Writer.
2. Numbness; loss of sensibility.
1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. v. 170 Aliabbas nombreth vj dyseases of the teeth, payne, corosion, congelation, dormitation, fylthynes, looseness. Ibid. (1586) 269 b, Sometime there chanceth a certaine dormitation in the teeth, by holding cold things in the mouth. |