† longationn.

Forms: 1500s longatione, 1500s–1600s longation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin longation-, longatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin longation-, longatio act of making a vowel longer (15th cent. in a Polish source), (in alchemy) longer process for transmuting metals (1525 in Erasmus) < longat- , past participial stem of longare to make long, lengthen (compare long v.¹; < classical Latin longus long adj.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier elongation n.

Obsolete.

1. The longer of two processes for transmuting metals; opposed to curtation n. 1.Chiefly with reference to a passage in the Colloquia of Erasmus (1525): see quot. 1671.

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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > transmutation

multiplyingc1395

maturing?a1425

transmutation1478

projectiona1550

curtation1584

longation1584

tincting1599

maturation1617

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. v. 362 In this art [sc. Alcumystrie] there are two waies, the one called longation, the other curtation.

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. K2^v With great expence and longation, Must come this metals alteration.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 259 Thou knowest..that there is a two-fold way of this Art [sc. alchemy]; one, which is called Longation [L. longatio], and another which is called Curtation.

2. The action or process of lengthening something; elongation.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer

prolongation?a1425

lengthingc1480

longation1598

extendure1610

production1658

elongation1676

lengthening1748

extension1796

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. v. f. 38/1 Strippe vp the skinne and the muscles, as well for the longation of the skinne [Fr. tant afin de faire prolonger la peau], as lengtheninge of the Vaynes and Arteryes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	longation
释义	† longationn. Forms: 1500s longatione, 1500s–1600s longation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin longation-, longatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin longation-, longatio act of making a vowel longer (15th cent. in a Polish source), (in alchemy) longer process for transmuting metals (1525 in Erasmus) < longat- , past participial stem of longare to make long, lengthen (compare long v.¹; < classical Latin longus long adj.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier elongation n. Obsolete. 1. The longer of two processes for transmuting metals; opposed to curtation n. 1.Chiefly with reference to a passage in the Colloquia of Erasmus (1525): see quot. 1671. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > transmutation multiplyingc1395 maturing?a1425 transmutation1478 projectiona1550 curtation1584 longation1584 tincting1599 maturation1617 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. v. 362 In this art [sc. Alcumystrie] there are two waies, the one called longation, the other curtation. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. K2^v With great expence and longation, Must come this metals alteration. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 259 Thou knowest..that there is a two-fold way of this Art [sc. alchemy]; one, which is called Longation [L. longatio], and another which is called Curtation. 2. The action or process of lengthening something; elongation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer prolongation?a1425 lengthingc1480 longation1598 extendure1610 production1658 elongation1676 lengthening1748 extension1796 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. v. f. 38/1 Strippe vp the skinne and the muscles, as well for the longation of the skinne [Fr. tant afin de faire prolonger la peau], as lengtheninge of the Vaynes and Arteryes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1584
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