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conciˈtation arch. [ad. L. concitātiōn-em, n. of action f. concitāre: see prec. Cf. obs. F. concitation (Cotgr.).] Stirring up, rousing, or exciting; agitation, excitement; esp. of the mind.
1533tr. Erasmus' Com. Crede 93 Certayn men haue sayde that the holy ghoste..is noughte els but the concitation or styrrynge of a godly mynde. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. xxxi. 400 So long as our pulse panted, and we feele any concitation. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. I. viii. 74 When this fervour and concitation of the minde is inveterate. 1920T. S. Eliot Ara Vos Prec 12 Not by any concitation Of the backward devils. |