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† tarˈdation Obs.
[ad. late L. tardātiōn-em, n. of action f. tardāre to delay. Cf. OF. tardation (14th c. in Godef.).]
The action of delaying, delay; slackening of speed, retardation. (In quot. 1601, want of motion, or stagnation.)
1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxi. 35 Thy tardatioun caussis ws to think lang. 1601Dolman La Primaud. Fr. Acad. III. lix. 271 Raine-water..doth putrifie through tardation and slownes. 1674Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 113 The degrees of Tardation, which Bullets make in..their way. 1727Bailey vol. II, Tardation, a Loitering, Lingering. |