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▪ I. insection1|ɪnˈsɛkʃən| [n. of action f. L. insect-, ppl. stem of insecāre to cut into: cf. dissection.] The action of cutting into, incision; division into sections; concr. an incision, division, indentation.
1653Manton Exp. James i. 21 There must be insection before insition, meekness before ingrafting. 1676Grew Anat. Flowers ii. App. §12 The Sides or Edges of the Leaf are..Insected deeply..or with shallow Insections. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxviii. III. 4 This character of insection or division into segments, more or less present in almost every insect. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 246/1 The insections or articulations of the body. ▪ II. † insection2 Obs. rare—0. [ad. L. insectio narration (Aulus Gellius), f. insecĕre (var. form of insequī to follow), ‘to pursue the narration, proceed, relate, declare’ (Lewis and Short).]
1623Cockeram, Insection, a declaration, or long continuance. 1656Blount Glossogr., Insection, a declaration, Treatise, or long continued talk. |