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单词 invultuation
释义 invultuation rare.|ɪnvʌltjuːˈeɪʃən|
Also invultation.
[n. of action from med.L. invultuāre, invultāre (in OF. envouter, 13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), to make a likeness, f. in- (in-2) + vultus countenance, visage, likeness.]
The making of a likeness, esp. the waxen effigy of a person for purposes of witchcraft.
1856S. R. Maitland False Worship xiii. 150 Words which belong to the subject of invultation and facillation.Ibid. Note G. 295 All this does not appear to me to contain a full explanation of invultuation.1897N. & Q. 8th ser. XI. 236, 314, 395, (Heading) Invultation.
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