† metationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mētātiōn-, mētātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin mētātiōn-, mētātiō < mētāt- , past participial stem of mētārī to measure off, mark out ( < mēta meta n.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare metator n.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

The action or process of setting things in order. Cf. metator n.

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Metation, a setting in order.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	metation
释义	† metationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mētātiōn-, mētātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin mētātiōn-, mētātiō < mētāt- , past participial stem of mētārī to measure off, mark out ( < mēta meta n.¹) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare metator n. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. The action or process of setting things in order. Cf. metator n. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Metation, a setting in order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1623
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