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单词 repastination
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repastinationn.

Forms: 1500s repastinacion, 1600s repastination.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin repastinātiōn-, repastinātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin repastinātiōn-, repastinātiō act or process of turning over the soil again < repastināt- , past participial stem of repastināre repastinate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare later repastinate v.
Obsolete.
The action of digging or cultivating land again in preparation for planting; an instance of this.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging
delfeOE
pastining?1440
breaking1514
digging1552
repastination1569
potting1592
pastination1623
spade-work1778
delve1869
dig1887
1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Worthye Bk. Olde Age 39 The repastinacion or newe digging about the rootes.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 59 With a slight repastination, one may plant or sow any thing in it freely.
1699 J. Evelyn Plan of Royal Garden in Acetaria sig. a8v Composts, and Stercoration, Repastination, Dressing and Stirring the Earth and Mould of a Garden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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