† insidiationn.
Obsolete.
The action of lying in wait or plotting; a plot; an insidious act.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun]
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun] > instance
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1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke ii. iv. 111 Who by their insidiation of the proofe of my skill..prouoked it.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 2 The goodness of the land..made them more obnoxious to the insidiation of strangers.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xvii. 139 Industrious Insidiations of other stronger and more crafty Creatures that hunt after their Prey.
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