| 释义 |
† refraiˈnation Astrol. Obs.
[var. of refrenation, after prec.]
= refrenation 2.
1598F. Wither tr. Dariot's Judgem. Starres H b, Prohibition or let is done by retrogradation or going backward..: and this let is properly called a Refreynation, or houlding backe. 1679Moxon Math. Dict., Refraination, 'Tis a kind of weakning to a Planet which is called so by Astrologers when a Planet going to an Aspect with another, before they come up to it becomes Retrograde, and thereby is as it were pluckt back. 1704Eland Tutor to Astrol. 58 Refraination is, when a Planet is applying to another, either by Conjunction or Aspect, and before he comes to Conjunction he becomes retrograde. |