albificationn.

Brit.

/ˌalbᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌælbəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English albificacion, Middle English albificacioun, 1500s albifycation, 1500s– albification.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French albification; Latin albification-, albificatio.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French albification (French albification ) the action of whitening (2nd half of the 14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latinetymo albification-, albificatio (early 14th cent.; 1465 in a British source) < albificat- , past participial stem of albificare albify v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹.

Alchemy. Now historical or archaic.

The process of transforming a substance, or of being transformed, to a state of whiteness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > to make white

albificationc1405

albationa1692

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 805 Oure fourneys eek of Calcinacioun And of watres Albificacioun.

1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 It is a very secrete Science, for none almost can vnderstand the language of it [e.g.]..Albification.

1624 ‘E. Orandus’ tr. N. Flamel Expos. Hieroglyphicall Figures St. Innocent's Church-yard 94 Our King can become white, comming from death to life, to ouercome afterwards all his enemies. To make thee vnderstand yet somewhat better this Albification..I haue also made for thee this Table following.

1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. xxiii. 288 (heading) Of the four principal Operations, Solution, Congelation, Albification and Rubification.

1724 N. Bailey Univ. Etymol. Eng. Dict. Albification, (among Chymists) whitening of Liquor.

1825 ‘E. Hardcastle’ 29th May I. viii. 215 Talk of alembics, lineal of albification and rubifying,..the seven celestial bodies, and other such jargon.

1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. 21 Cinnabar commonly is florid but with albification it can be instructed to simulate Lead.

2011 M. Secrest Modigliani ix. 172 After numerous complicated procedures the philosopher's stone would reach albification, or whitening, comparable to resurrection after death.

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

单词	albification
释义	albificationn. Brit. /ˌalbᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌælbəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English albificacion, Middle English albificacioun, 1500s albifycation, 1500s– albification. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French albification; Latin albification-, albificatio. Etymology: < (i) Middle French albification (French albification ) the action of whitening (2nd half of the 14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latinetymo albification-, albificatio (early 14th cent.; 1465 in a British source) < albificat- , past participial stem of albificare albify v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Alchemy. Now historical or archaic. The process of transforming a substance, or of being transformed, to a state of whiteness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > to make white albificationc1405 albationa1692 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 805 Oure fourneys eek of Calcinacioun And of watres Albificacioun. 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 It is a very secrete Science, for none almost can vnderstand the language of it [e.g.]..Albification. 1624 ‘E. Orandus’ tr. N. Flamel Expos. Hieroglyphicall Figures St. Innocent's Church-yard 94 Our King can become white, comming from death to life, to ouercome afterwards all his enemies. To make thee vnderstand yet somewhat better this Albification..I haue also made for thee this Table following. 1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. xxiii. 288 (heading) Of the four principal Operations, Solution, Congelation, Albification and Rubification. 1724 N. Bailey Univ. Etymol. Eng. Dict. Albification, (among Chymists) whitening of Liquor. 1825 ‘E. Hardcastle’ 29th May I. viii. 215 Talk of alembics, lineal of albification and rubifying,..the seven celestial bodies, and other such jargon. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. 21 Cinnabar commonly is florid but with albification it can be instructed to simulate Lead. 2011 M. Secrest Modigliani ix. 172 After numerous complicated procedures the philosopher's stone would reach albification, or whitening, comparable to resurrection after death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1405
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