† rigationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rigātīon-, rigātīo.

Etymology: < classical Latin rigātīon-, rigātīo irrigation, in post-classical Latin also action of wetting with tears (5th cent.) < rigāt- , past participial stem of rigāre rigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -ation suffix. Compare earlier irrigation n.

Obsolete.

Irrigation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making

danking?a1400

rigation1631

humification1651

1631 ‘A.B.’ tr. L. Lessius Rawleigh his Ghost 66 The said mediterranean countryes would be continually scorched with the sunne, and be depriued of all rigation and watering.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii3 This..delights in siccity, and perishes by frequent rigation.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xv. 93 They found something else more necessary to employ them in, than the Sarritions, Runcations, and Rigations of the Medica.

1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xvi. 119 In dry years, every field that has not some spring or aqueduct, to furnish it with repeated rigations, is sure to fail in its crop.

1807 T. Owen tr. Palladius Fourteen Bks. Agric. iii. 138 If it is a sand, or potters clay, let them be assisted by rigation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rigation
释义	† rigationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rigātīon-, rigātīo. Etymology: < classical Latin rigātīon-, rigātīo irrigation, in post-classical Latin also action of wetting with tears (5th cent.) < rigāt- , past participial stem of rigāre rigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹; compare -ation suffix. Compare earlier irrigation n. Obsolete. Irrigation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making danking?a1400 rigation1631 humification1651 1631 ‘A.B.’ tr. L. Lessius Rawleigh his Ghost 66 The said mediterranean countryes would be continually scorched with the sunne, and be depriued of all rigation and watering. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii3 This..delights in siccity, and perishes by frequent rigation. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xv. 93 They found something else more necessary to employ them in, than the Sarritions, Runcations, and Rigations of the Medica. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xvi. 119 In dry years, every field that has not some spring or aqueduct, to furnish it with repeated rigations, is sure to fail in its crop. 1807 T. Owen tr. Palladius Fourteen Bks. Agric. iii. 138 If it is a sand, or potters clay, let them be assisted by rigation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1631
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