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imborsation rare.|ɪmbɔːˈseɪʃən|
[ad. It. imborsazione, n. of action f. imborsare, f. im- (im-1) + borsa purse. Cf. imburse v.]
An Italian mode of election to magistracies, in accordance with which the names of the candidates were put into a bag or purse to be drawn by lot.
1787J. Adams Wks. (1851) V. 180 The imborsations are made, and eight hundred names are put in the purses. |