† collapsionn.
/kəˈlapʃən/ Obsolete.
The action of collapsing (literal or figurative); a collapsed condition.
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fallOE
ruinc1405
collapsiona1619
effusion1726
collapsing1789
collapse1833
a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621) 3 A general collapsion into those softenings of vices.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 112 After the removal of your finger, and collapsion of the Mercury.
1767 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 195 By the collapsion of the lungs.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 77 At each filling of the bladder, it should be wetted and brought into entire collapsion.
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- make one of
- make one'a last stand
- make one'a maundy
- make one's addresses
- make one's adieux
- make one's advantage of
- make one's alto
- make one's ape
- make one's bed and lie in it
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- make one's boast
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- make one's bow
- make one's burn
- make one's case
- make one's day
- make short work of
- make short work of occasionally with
- make shorter by a head
- make showers
- make showing of
- make shy of
- make sib
- make sick