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† insecˈtation Obs. rare.
[ad. L. insectātiōn-em pursuit, pursuing with words, railing, noun of action from insectārī to pursue, to rail at.]
Railing, calumniation. So † insecˈtator, a railer.
a1535More Let. Wks. 1431/2 Stirred by mine owne conscience, (without insectacion, or reproche laieng to any other mans). 1616–61B. Holyday Persius 288 [Persius] quipping himself first, and afterwards all others, with such an insectation of the new poets and orators, that he spar'd not Nero. 1658Phillips, Insectation, a railing against, as it were a following and prosecuting with evil language. 1706― Insectator, a Railer, Slanderer..a foul-mouth'd Fellow. |