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单词 excecation
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excecationn.

/ɛksɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s excœc-, 1600s–1800s excæcation.
Etymology: < excecate v.: see -ation suffix.
Obsolete or archaic.
1. The action of putting out the eyes; punishment by blinding; also, an instance of the same; the state or fact of being blinded.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > putting out eyes
excecation1613
gouging1774
abacination1866
1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 161 He committed these barbarous examples of cruelty by excæcations and miserable dismembering the people.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 95 God..punished Elymas, the Sorcerer, with corporal Excecation.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus iii. v Death, Not excaecation, if the thought of that Calls up these looks of horror.
2. figurative. The action of blinding mentally or spiritually; the condition of being mentally blinded.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > emotional or spiritual blindness
excecation1529
beast-blindness1801
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > emotional or spiritual blindness > making
excecation1529
1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader lxxvii. sig. Nvv This excecation..God hath sente into the world for synne.
1588 W. Allen Admon. to Nobility & People 26 The state of kinge Pharao his obduration and excecation in wilfull wickedness.
1622 H. Sydenham Serm. (1626) 30 God doth concurre to the excæcation and hardening both of the minde and heart.
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions viii. 65 This Deceit and Excecation is a proper worke of Passion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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