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averruncation|ævərʌŋˈkeɪʃən| [a. Fr. averroncation (Cotgr. 1611), f. L. āverruncāre: see prec.] 1. prop. The warding off or averting (of evils).
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 401/2 From these are sent to men, dreams and presages of sickness, and of health..to these pertain expiations and averruncations, and all Divinations. 1658J. Robinson Eudoxa x. 52 Averruncation of Epidemical Diseases, by Telesmes. 2. improperly. (See quotations.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Averruncation, a scraping or cutting off, as men do vines. 1731Bailey, Averruncation, a scraping, cutting off, a lopping off the superfluous branches of trees. 1755Johnson, Averruncation, the act of rooting up any thing. 1821De Quincey Conf. (1862) 21 His decree of utter averruncation to the simple decoration overhead. |