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† immuˈtation Obs.
[ad. L. immūtātiōn-em, n. of action f. immūtāre: see next. Cf. obs. F. immutation.]
Mutation, change, alteration, transformation. (In quot. 1704 = hypallage.)
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 195 The younger abatid their pride, while they endevored novelties and immutation. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xii. (Arb.) 175 Defect, or surplusage..or immutation in the same speaches..altering either the congruitie grammaticall, or the sence, or both. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxiii, What delightfull immutations Of her soft flowing vest we contemplate! 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. iii. §10 Which reason of the immutation of this Light, is given by Moses, Gen. i. 14. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Hypallage or Immutation, a Grammatical Figure..As in this Instance, Dare Classibus Austros, instead of Dare Classes Austris. |