单词 | inescation |
释义 | † inescationn. Obsolete. 1. The action of attracting with a bait; alluring; an enticement or allurement. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] tightingc1000 tolling?c1225 ticement1303 enticinga1340 ticinga1400 atticement1483 allure1534 luring1547 enticement1549 allurement1561 allurance1574 alluring1579 illurement1582 attraction1591 lurement1592 till1596 invitation1602 tract1620 illecebration1624 prolectation1625 invitement1627 inescation1645 inveiglement1653 allectation1656 tracture1658 solicitation1676 drumming1833 come-hither1835 chemistry1898 come-hitherness1918 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 324 Inescation and enticing of the heart with delight. 1692 H. Hallywell Excellency Moral Vertue 107 The Deceitful Allurements and Inescations of Flesh and Blood. 2. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > magical transfer of disease transplantation1655 inescation1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Inescation,..also a kind of transplantation. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Inescation, (with some pretenders to Physick) a kind of transplantation used in curing some Diseases. It is done by impregnating a proper Medium or Vehicle with some of the Mumia or vital Spirit of the Patient, and giving it to some Animal to eat. It is pretended that the Animal unites and assimilates that Mumia with it self, imbibing its vicious quality, by which means the Person..is restored to Health. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1645 |
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