† admotionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin admōtiōn-, admōtiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin admōtiōn-, admōtiō act of moving towards or on to, application < admōt- , past participial stem of admovēre admove v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier motion n., remotion n.

Obsolete.

The action or an act of bringing something towards or in contact with another thing. Also: the fact or an instance of being brought towards or in contact with another thing. Cf. admove v. 1, amotion n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity

toucha1398

contingence1561

concourse1570

admotion1603

collaterage1610

contact1626

contaction1628

contiguousness1639

contingencya1646

contiguity1648

concurrence1656

osculation1669

abuttal1797

tangency1813

touching1842

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 86 And this was but an Admotion or touch of the Girdle.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd4^v The Sinapism..should be often looked at, to see if it have contracted rubour enough by its admotion.

1718 Pharmacopœia Radcliffeana (ed. 3) 156 Contraction of our Fibres upon Excess of Heat is evident upon the Admotion of Leather too near the Fire.

1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. III. i. 72 This Abu Becr Mohammed Al Shâshi had a son named Al Kasem, who was the author of the book intituled Al Tacrib, i. e. the admotion, or appropinquation, viz. to God.

1822 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig. ii. ii. 97 Experience exhibits to us design only in man and animals; and in them its effects are confined to the displacement of matter, and the admotion or amotion of its particles to and from each other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	admotion
释义	† admotionn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin admōtiōn-, admōtiō. Etymology: < classical Latin admōtiōn-, admōtiō act of moving towards or on to, application < admōt- , past participial stem of admovēre admove v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier motion n., remotion n. Obsolete. The action or an act of bringing something towards or in contact with another thing. Also: the fact or an instance of being brought towards or in contact with another thing. Cf. admove v. 1, amotion n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity toucha1398 contingence1561 concourse1570 admotion1603 collaterage1610 contact1626 contaction1628 contiguousness1639 contingencya1646 contiguity1648 concurrence1656 osculation1669 abuttal1797 tangency1813 touching1842 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 86 And this was but an Admotion or touch of the Girdle. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd4^v The Sinapism..should be often looked at, to see if it have contracted rubour enough by its admotion. 1718 Pharmacopœia Radcliffeana (ed. 3) 156 Contraction of our Fibres upon Excess of Heat is evident upon the Admotion of Leather too near the Fire. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. III. i. 72 This Abu Becr Mohammed Al Shâshi had a son named Al Kasem, who was the author of the book intituled Al Tacrib, i. e. the admotion, or appropinquation, viz. to God. 1822 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Anal. Infl. Nat. Relig. ii. ii. 97 Experience exhibits to us design only in man and animals; and in them its effects are confined to the displacement of matter, and the admotion or amotion of its particles to and from each other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1603
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