delationn.
/dɪˈleɪʃən/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [noun] > transmission or passing on
communicationc1384
delation1578
transfusion1578
transmission1611
conveyance1646
transmitting1671
transmit1672
transmittal1735
transmittance1855
passage1860
transjection?1867
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 32v (margin) Holes in these bones for the delation of nourishment.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §129 In Delation of Sounds, the Enclosure of them preserveth them, and causeth them to be heard further.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §149 A plain Dilation of the Sound, from the Teeth to the Instrument of hearing.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §209 It is certain that the Delation of Light is in an Instant.
2. Handing down (to a new possessor), handing over, transference. Obsolete (except in Roman Law).
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society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [noun] > handing over
delivery1327
tradition?1538
delation1681
delegation1681
1681 G. Wharton Epochæ & Æræ in Wks. (1683) 47 The sole delation of the Empire, on Augustus Cæsar, became of happy consequence to the Spaniards.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. Comm. 190 The only title required..was the overture or delation of the inheritance and vacancy of possession.
3. An accusing or bringing a charge against, esp. on the part of an informer; informing against; accusation, denouncement, criminal information.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun]
wrayingc1000
information1387
promotion?1533
talebearing1571
delation1578
sycophancy1622
peachery1654
blowing the gap1821
nosing1827
peaching1859
rounding1862
squeal1872
scream1915
singing1937
snouting1937
dobbing1968
whistle-blowing1971
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun]
wrayingc1000
indictment1303
accusationa1382
information1387
appeaching1401
allegeancea1430
supposal1429
accuse?a1439
appealing1440
ditingc1440
indictingc1440
detection1471
cusing1488
indictament1523
arraigning1533
denouncement1544
arraignment1549
raignment1570
delation1578
denunciation1588
prosecution1590
accusement1596
inditure1614
aggravation1626
arraign1638
delating1820
billing1884
beef1928
1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 183 Priests, burne na ma, Of wrang delation ye may hyre..And let abjuring go.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 128 Such things..in a man that's iust, They're close dilations [1622 denotements], working from the heart, That Passion cannot rule.
1621 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 307 Three Gentlemen..who receive all secret Delations on matter of practice against the Republick.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) ii. 103 Upon some envious delations the King became jealous of him.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France (ed. 4) 306 That court is to try criminals sent to it by the National Assembly, or brought before it by other courses of delation.
1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxii. 156 In criminal cases..the interference of a mere stranger was unauthorized delation.
1893 Dublin Rev. July 649 His [Abbé Dupin's] delation to the Archbishop of Paris by Bossuet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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