† exantlationn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of drawing out, as water from a well; figurative only.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun]
outdrawinga1425
taking out?c1425
extraction1530
extreat1596
extractinga1626
exantlation1646
protraction1728
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 Truth which wise men say doth lye in a well, is not recoverable but by exantlation . View more context for this quotation
1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi Pref. 7 A deplorable remora to the timely exantlation of Truth.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 47 To draw up by Exantlation, or display by Incision.
1731–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.
2. Exhaustion; exhausted condition.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 42 Most of them have annexed their own cruelties..rottennesse, exantlation of their powers.
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