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mutuation|mjuːtjuːˈeɪʃən|
[ad. L. mūtuātiōn-em, n. of action f. mūtuārī: see mutuate v.]
An act of lending or borrowing. Also fig.
1604Downam Lect. Ps. 15. v. 151 Wherefore the contract of vsurie is nothing else but illiberall mutuation, and may thus briefely bee defined: Vsurie is mutuation, or lending for gaine. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. (1650) 24 In both there seems to be a valuation of time: which whether in case of mutuation, or sale, may justly be suspected for unlawful. 1778N. B. Halhed Bengal Gram. Pref. 3, I have been astonished to find the similitude of Shanscrit words with those..of Latin and Greek: and these not in technical and metaphorical terms, which the mutuation of refined arts and improved manners might have occasionally introduced; but [etc.]. 1827G. S. Faber Orig. Expiat. Sacr. 197 Such a mutuation necessarily supposes a knowledge of the sabbatical seventh day. |