† accurtationn.

Forms: 1500s acortasyon, 1500s acvrtacon, 1500s–1700s accurtation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accurtation-, accurtatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin accurtation-, accurtatio shortening (14th cent. in alchemy), abbreviation (15th cent. or earlier) < accurtat- , past participial stem of accurtare to shorten, abridge (13th cent. in British and continental sources; < classical Latin ac- ac- prefix + curtāre to shorten: see curt v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare ( < Latin) Italian †accortare, verb (end of the 13th cent.).

Obsolete.

Shortening; curtailment, abbreviation; (Alchemy) a shortened method of preparation; a piece of writing explaining such a method. In later use Medicine: shortening of a muscle, tendon, blood vessel, etc.; an instance of this.

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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical treatises or works > [noun]

rosaryc1405

accurtation?c1570

smaragdine table1597

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction

syncope1530

syncopation?1533

accurtation?c1570

decurtation1652

paresis1885

suspension1896

decaudation1897

clipping1933

?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 1 The Accurtations of Sir Raimo[nd Lully].

?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 30^v Acvrtacon of Raymond Lullye the greate philo[sopher].

?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 45 The epistell of the acortasyon of the philo[sophers'] stone sent by Raymond vnto Kyng Robart of Portingall.

1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis To Rdr. sig. Bij [M is] clipt, yf thee next woord begyn with a vocal: as fame, name; for albeyt .E. bee thee last letter, that must not salue .M. from accurtation, beecause in thee eare M is thee last letter.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 44 in Jewell House In the time whereof, some English wits..did offer to make a great and gainefull accurtation, and yet could not be heard.

1669 T. Coxe Disc. Interest of Patient 35 A great Copper Alembick at one Distillation (O wonderful accurtation) supplies a whole Shop with simple waters.

1784 H. Watson in Med. Communications 1 xix. 237 The quantity of accurtation in every muscle being as the length of its fleshy fibre.

1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) II. 162 There is evidently a contraction, if not accurtation of the tendons, which calls for considerable attention.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	accurtation
释义	† accurtationn. Forms: 1500s acortasyon, 1500s acvrtacon, 1500s–1700s accurtation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accurtation-, accurtatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin accurtation-, accurtatio shortening (14th cent. in alchemy), abbreviation (15th cent. or earlier) < accurtat- , past participial stem of accurtare to shorten, abridge (13th cent. in British and continental sources; < classical Latin ac- ac- prefix + curtāre to shorten: see curt v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare ( < Latin) Italian †accortare, verb (end of the 13th cent.). Obsolete. Shortening; curtailment, abbreviation; (Alchemy) a shortened method of preparation; a piece of writing explaining such a method. In later use Medicine: shortening of a muscle, tendon, blood vessel, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical treatises or works > [noun] rosaryc1405 accurtation?c1570 smaragdine table1597 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction syncope1530 syncopation?1533 accurtation?c1570 decurtation1652 paresis1885 suspension1896 decaudation1897 clipping1933 ?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 1 The Accurtations of Sir Raimo[nd Lully]. ?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 30^v Acvrtacon of Raymond Lullye the greate philo[sopher]. ?c1570 MS Rawl. B. 306 f. 45 The epistell of the acortasyon of the philo[sophers'] stone sent by Raymond vnto Kyng Robart of Portingall. 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis To Rdr. sig. Bij [M is] clipt, yf thee next woord begyn with a vocal: as fame, name; for albeyt .E. bee thee last letter, that must not salue .M. from accurtation, beecause in thee eare M is thee last letter. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 44 in Jewell House In the time whereof, some English wits..did offer to make a great and gainefull accurtation, and yet could not be heard. 1669 T. Coxe Disc. Interest of Patient 35 A great Copper Alembick at one Distillation (O wonderful accurtation) supplies a whole Shop with simple waters. 1784 H. Watson in Med. Communications 1 xix. 237 The quantity of accurtation in every muscle being as the length of its fleshy fibre. 1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) II. 162 There is evidently a contraction, if not accurtation of the tendons, which calls for considerable attention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?c1570
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