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† conˈtaction Obs.
[as if ad. L. *contactiōn-em, f. contact-: see contact n. (Very frequent in 17th c.)]
The action of touching, contact.
1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. xxiv, Is his hand so short that he can do nothing but by contaction? 1627–77Feltham Resolves i. lxix. 105 We see infection sooner taken by breath than contaction. a1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. 66 Since..we cannot be punish'd unto amendment by proxy or commutation, nor by vicinity but contaction. |