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volitation|vɒlɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. med.L. volitātiōn-, volitātio (Diefenb.), noun of action f. L. volitāre: see prec.]
Flying, flight.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. i. 180 Birds or flying animals..are almost erect, advancing the head and breast in their progression, and onely prone in the act of their volitation. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Volitation, a flying or fluttering about, or up and down. 1864Soc. Sci. Rev. I. 382 The practical means of Volitation are to be sought for in the same mechanical means as those by which Birds fly. 1895S. R. Hole Tour Amer. 193 The young rook..exercises in brief migrations..his powers of volitation.
transf.1823Blackw. Mag. XIII. 175 The additional volitation acquired by such a stumble is rather apt to make you run your head plump against the next person. |