† elocationn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Removal from a person's control.
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dislodgement1728
uprooting1775
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disrooting1826
rooting1876
delocalization1887
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. i. 385 When the child either by generall permission, or former elocation shall be out of the parents disposing.
2. figurative. Alienation (of mind), ecstasy.
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a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §1. 30 In all Poesie..there must be..an elocation, and emotion of the minde.
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