† solationn.1
Obsolete. rare.
1. Rejoicing, joy.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun]
mirthOE
gladdingc1000
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
joyingc1300
rejoyingc1350
gloryingc1384
joya1400
mirthinga1400
rejoicingc1400
exultationc1425
rejoice1445
joyousitiea1450
solation1483
festivitya1500
rejoicement1523
jubilee1526
joyance1590
insolence1595
exiliency1618
exilience1626
exultancy1632
ovation1649
exultance1650
exulting1744
jubilance1864
jubilancy1894
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 436/3 In thys tyme of pasque our moder holy chyrche..maketh Solacyon for the resurrexyon of Jhesu cryste.
?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) i. 21 Now sithe I am thus..set in my solation, a biglie blisse here will I builde.
2. Consolation.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief
lightingOE
leathc1175
comfort?c1225
solacec1290
solacec1290
lithec1300
comfortingc1320
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
froa1350
releasec1350
consolationc1374
legeancec1390
reliefa1393
comfortationa1400
leathinga1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleviation?a1425
recreation?a1425
refrigery?a1425
lighteningc1425
recomfortc1425
mitigation?1435
recomforting1487
recreancea1500
allevation1502
easement1533
solacy1534
ease1542
cheer1549
assuagement1561
refreshing1561
easing1580
recomfortation1585
recomforture1595
assuage1596
allevement1599
mitification1607
allayment1609
solagement1609
levation1656
solacement1721
solation1757
soulagement1777
consolement1797
de-tension1949
de-tensioning1952
tea and sympathy1953
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. ccxxvii. 139 There are Pleasures and Solations indulged by Providence to every Stage of Life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
solationn.2
/sɒˈleɪʃən/ Physical Chemistry.
The change of a gel into a sol.
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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > colloid > [noun] > sol > solation
solation1915
1915 W. W. Taylor Chem. Colloids 11 There seems no escape from the adoption of the following terms:—gel, to gelate, gelation, sol, to solate, solation.
1922 A. W. Stewart Physico-chem. Themes 175 (note) The terms ‘solation’ and ‘gelation’ have been proposed in order to distinguish the two processes of sol-production and gel-formation.
1926 Jrnl. Morphol. & Physiol. 41 351 Locomotion in Amoeba is associated with gelation and solation.
1958 Jrnl. Cellular & Compar. Physiol. 52 270 The plasmagel system of the intact Amoeba undergoes complete solation under suitably high pressure.
Derivatives
soˈlate v. (intransitive) to undergo solation; transitive, to convert into a sol.
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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > colloid > colloids [verb (intransitive)] > solation
solate1951
the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > colloid > colloids [verb (transitive)] > solation
solate1951
1951 New Biol. 10 16 The plasmagel must presumably contract at the hind end, as well as solating.
1977 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 74 909/1 The gel solated slowly at room temperature after forming.
1977 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 74 921/1 Elevated KCl concentrations that solate the Dictyostelium gel.
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