Word Meanings - FALCATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne.
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- FALCATION
The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne. - INCURVATION
1. The act of bending, or curving. 2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature. An incurvation of the rays. Derham. 3. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. "The incurvations of the knee." Bp. Hall. - DEFLECTIONIZE
To free from inflections. Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle. - ALIENATION
A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon. 4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, - SWERVE
OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swaĆrban to wipe, and perhaps 1. To stray; to wander; to rope. A maid thitherward - CURVITY
The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. Holder. - DEFLECTION
The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. (more info) 1. The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. The other leads to the same point, - DEVIATION
The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. Deviation of a falling body , that deviation - DEFLECTIONIZATION
The act of freeing from inflections. Earle. - DIVERGENCE; DIVERGENCY
1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. 2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some - RECURVITY
Recurvation. - ABALIENATION
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. - DEFALCATION
1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off. Abbott. 2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated. 3. An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent - BEDSWERVER
One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. Shak. - NONALIENATION
Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated. - INCURVITY
A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne.