averruncationn.
/avərʌŋˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The warding off or averting (of evils).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > obviating or averting
obviationa1400
averting1628
averruncation1658
1658 J. Robinson Endoxa x. 52 Averruncation of Epidemical Diseases, by Telesmes.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 95 From these are sent to men dreames and presages of sicknesse, and of health;..to these pertain expiations and averruncations, and all divinations.
2. (See quotations.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land
ridding1347
grubbingc1440
stubbing1445
stockingc1460
assart1534
clotting1601
extirpation1607
shrubbing1611
moling1617
averruncation1656
twitching1799
underbrushing1838
clearance1851
screefing1919
reslashing1934
underscrubbing1935
swidden1955
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > weeding or weed control
weedingOE
louking1491
weeding out1558
averruncation1656
runcation1664
thistling1766
weeding process1834
weed control1908
weed digging1950
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Averruncation, a scraping or cutting off, as men do vines.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Averruncation, a scraping, cutting off, a lopping off the superfluous branches of trees.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Averruncation, the act of rooting up any thing.
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 21 His decree of utter averruncation to the simple decoration overhead.
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