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arietation arch.|ˌærɪ-, ˌɛərɪɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. arietātiōnem, n. of action f. arietāre: see prec.]
1. The action of butting like a ram; hence, the striking with a battering-ram or similar instrument.
1625Bacon Ess. (Arb.) 575 The Strength of the Percussion; wherein likewise Ordnance doe exceed all Arietations. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. xxiv. (1840) 222 Before Ordinance was found out, ships were both gunnes and bullets themselves, and furiously ranne one against another. They began with this arietation.
2. transf. and fig. Battering, concussion, clashing.
1625Jackson Creed v. xiii. Wks. IV. 100 Examining the certainty of truth..by a kind of arietation, a trial which floating conceits..cannot abide. 1665Glanvill Sceps. Sci. vii. 36 Such tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles. 1797Taylor in Month. Rev. XXIV. 534 Props of our old constitution against the arietations of democracy. |