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† ineˈscation Obs.
[ad. late L. inescātiōn-em (Augustine), n. of action f. inescā-re to inescate.]
1. The action of attracting with a bait; alluring; an enticement or allurement.
1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 324 Inescation and enticing of the heart with delight. 1692H. Hallywell Excell. Mor. Virt. 107 The Deceitful Allurements and Inescations of Flesh and Blood.
2. (See quots.)
1678Phillips (ed. 4), Inescation,..also a kind of transplantation. 1730–6Bailey (fol.), Inescation (with some pretenders to Physick), a kind of transplantation used in curing some diseases. It is done by impregnating a proper medium or vehicle with some of the mumia or vital spirit of the patient, and giving it to some animal to eat. It is pretended that the animal unites and assimilates that mumia with it self, imbibing its vicious qualities, by which means the person..is restored to health. |