| 释义 |
† eloˈcation Obs. rare.
[as if ad. L. *ēlocātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēlocāre, lit. to place out, f. ē out + -locāre to place.]
1. Removal from a person's control.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. (1650) 294 When the child by..former elocation shall be out of the Parents disposing.
2. fig. Alienation (of mind), ecstasy.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. v. §1 (1622) 30 In all Poesie..there must be..an elocation, and emotion of the minde. |