† aggestionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aggestion-, aggestio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggestion-, aggestio action or process of heaping or piling up, pile or heap (4th or 5th cent.) < classical Latin aggest- , past participial stem of aggerere aggest v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier aggest v. and earlier aggeration n.

Obsolete.

The action or process of heaping or piling up, building up; (frequently) the accumulation of earth in embankments or mounds by human or mechanical means. Also: the result of this.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > heaping or piling up

heapingc900

upheapingc1374

aggeration?a1425

piling1434

coacervation1495

pilement1597

bulking1602

acervation1614

aggestion1659

exaggerationa1676

pyramiding1910

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxix. 1 Annot.) 397/1 Graves, which are made by aggestion or casting up of earth.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. x. 137 Factitious Islands..made..by accidental causes, as the aggestion of Sands and Sand-beds.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 268 The Catarrhous Matter flows slowly, and the Cough is excited rather by aggestion, than acrimony.

1793 R. Warner Topogr. Remarks South-western Parts Hampshire I. ii. 57 It becomes necessary to inquire..for what particular purposes these vast aggestions [sc. the Buckland-rings] were raised.

1811 R. Warner New Guide Bath v. 129 On what occasion an aggestion of earth should be raised, which measures at its base nearly 1000 yards in circumference, and upwards of 100 at its head, cannot well be imagined.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	aggestion
释义	† aggestionn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aggestion-, aggestio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggestion-, aggestio action or process of heaping or piling up, pile or heap (4th or 5th cent.) < classical Latin aggest- , past participial stem of aggerere aggest v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier aggest v. and earlier aggeration n. Obsolete. The action or process of heaping or piling up, building up; (frequently) the accumulation of earth in embankments or mounds by human or mechanical means. Also: the result of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > heaping or piling up heapingc900 upheapingc1374 aggeration?a1425 piling1434 coacervation1495 pilement1597 bulking1602 acervation1614 aggestion1659 exaggerationa1676 pyramiding1910 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxix. 1 Annot.) 397/1 Graves, which are made by aggestion or casting up of earth. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. x. 137 Factitious Islands..made..by accidental causes, as the aggestion of Sands and Sand-beds. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 268 The Catarrhous Matter flows slowly, and the Cough is excited rather by aggestion, than acrimony. 1793 R. Warner Topogr. Remarks South-western Parts Hampshire I. ii. 57 It becomes necessary to inquire..for what particular purposes these vast aggestions [sc. the Buckland-rings] were raised. 1811 R. Warner New Guide Bath v. 129 On what occasion an aggestion of earth should be raised, which measures at its base nearly 1000 yards in circumference, and upwards of 100 at its head, cannot well be imagined. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1659
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