† grassationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin grassātiōn-, grassātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin grassātiōn-, grassātiō act of roaming or prowling around, in post-classical Latin also madness, rage, assault (3rd cent.), oppression (12th cent. in British sources) < grassāt- , past participial stem of grassārī (see grassate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier grassator n.Compare Middle French grassation epidemic nature of a disease (1581).

Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).

The action or an act of making an attack or otherwise behaving violently; violence, tumult; spec. (a) violent oppression, or an instance of this; (b) the action or an act of violently attacking or robbing someone, or of lying in wait to do so; violent assault.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun]

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frayc1430

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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking

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whoop-ass1974

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 52 This claime to that Kingdome was..reuiued againe by Tyrannicall force, by violent grassation, and by the robbery of Princes.

1615 T. Pestell Morbus Epidemicus 21 Let not them fall into a violent grassation, and grinding of the poore, racking and cramping, and squeesing their poore tenants, like that cruell Nero.

1642 Mathematicall Divine 3 Shall that dregs or Rascal-rout.., continue their grassations and violent courses?

1650 E. Marbury Comm. Habakkuk (new ed.) (i. 1) 7 Do not the Jesuits..incense the King thereof to grassation and destruction of all that have not the marke of the beast?

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Grassation, a robbing, a killing; an assayling.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 194 If in Vice there be a perpetuall Grassation, there must be in vertue a perpetuall Vigilance.

1725 C. Owen Alarm to Protestant Princes & People 27 What is the terrible grassation at Thorn, but a kind of political Fire kindled in the Bowels of Protestant Churches?

1850 Princeton Mag. 1 Oct. 360 I mounted my horse, which I had left to gise on a seavy eyot in the neighboring beck during my grassation, and pursued him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	grassation
释义	† grassationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin grassātiōn-, grassātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin grassātiōn-, grassātiō act of roaming or prowling around, in post-classical Latin also madness, rage, assault (3rd cent.), oppression (12th cent. in British sources) < grassāt- , past participial stem of grassārī (see grassate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier grassator n.Compare Middle French grassation epidemic nature of a disease (1581). Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use). The action or an act of making an attack or otherwise behaving violently; violence, tumult; spec. (a) violent oppression, or an instance of this; (b) the action or an act of violently attacking or robbing someone, or of lying in wait to do so; violent assault. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] assault1297 venuea1330 scoura1400 wassailc1400 frayc1430 brunta1450 sault1510 onseta1522 attemptate1524 onsetting1541 breach1578 dint1579 objectiona1586 invasion1591 extent1594 grassation1610 attack1655 run1751 wrack1863 mayhem1870 serve1967 society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking assailing1340 offencec1395 overrunning?a1425 saulting1490 oppugnation1524 oppugning1535 offension1542 affronture1549 grassation1610 aggression1630 attacking1657 strafing1915 whoop-ass1974 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 52 This claime to that Kingdome was..reuiued againe by Tyrannicall force, by violent grassation, and by the robbery of Princes. 1615 T. Pestell Morbus Epidemicus 21 Let not them fall into a violent grassation, and grinding of the poore, racking and cramping, and squeesing their poore tenants, like that cruell Nero. 1642 Mathematicall Divine 3 Shall that dregs or Rascal-rout.., continue their grassations and violent courses? 1650 E. Marbury Comm. Habakkuk (new ed.) (i. 1) 7 Do not the Jesuits..incense the King thereof to grassation and destruction of all that have not the marke of the beast? 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Grassation, a robbing, a killing; an assayling. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 194 If in Vice there be a perpetuall Grassation, there must be in vertue a perpetuall Vigilance. 1725 C. Owen Alarm to Protestant Princes & People 27 What is the terrible grassation at Thorn, but a kind of political Fire kindled in the Bowels of Protestant Churches? 1850 Princeton Mag. 1 Oct. 360 I mounted my horse, which I had left to gise on a seavy eyot in the neighboring beck during my grassation, and pursued him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1610
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