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† ciˈbation Obs.
[ad. L. cibātiōn-em feeding, noun of action from cibāre to feed, f. cibus food.]
1. Alch. Name of the seventh process, ‘feeding the matter’.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. vii. i. in Ashm. (1652) 169 Cibacion ys callyd a fedyng of our Matter dry Wyth Mylke, and Mete. 1610B. Jonson Alch. i. i. (1616) 609 Because o' your fermentation, and cibation. 1662Fuller Worthies iii. 204 The twelve gates, leading to the making the Philosophers Stone..1. Calcination..7. Cibation.
2. gen. Taking food, feeding.
1651Biggs New Disp. 197 That diet is not to be altered easily, safely nor quickly from our accustomed cibations. 1860in Mayne Expos. Lex. |