vastationn.

/vaˈsteɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1500s vastacion.

Etymology: < Latin vastātiōn-, vastātio, noun of action < vastāre, < vastus waste. So Italian vastazione, Portuguese vastação.

†1. The action of laying waste, devastating, or destroying. Also frequently, an instance of this. Obsolete (very common 1610–60).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 120^v Howe greate vastacions and destruccions in the chirche are there prophecied.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. i. §1. 157 The Greeks..doe still, as in former times, continue the inuasion and vastation of each other.

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iii. 175 Thereupon insued a pitiful vastation of Churches and Church-buildings.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 383 No war, no sedition,..no vastation,..made so great a waste upon the religion..of that place.

†2. The fact or condition of being devastated or laid waste. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > fact or condition of being devastated

hershipc1540

vastation1578

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 63^v The whole masse of man..must needes haue runne in perpetuall ruine, and vastation.

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 458 We lament their desolation and vastation.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxiv. 153 The sad spectacle of their countreys vastation would disturb their minds.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. c4^v It may be through the Lords mercy, this winters floud shall be for their mendment or fertility, and not for their utter vastation and ruine.

3. The action of purifying by the destruction of evil qualities or elements. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun]

purginga1382

expurgationc1420

purgationc1425

undefoilingc1425

purgement1483

sublimating1559

sweetening1591

purgatory1596

purification1597

purge1598

depuration1603

refinement1611

castigation1615

lustrationc1635

purifaction1652

refreshing1719

depurating1762

epuration1800

neatifying1826

vastation1847

1847 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Wks. (1906) I. 328 He was let down through a column that seemed of brass,..that he might descend safely among the unhappy, and witness the vastation of souls.

1887 J. Ellis New Christianity xii. 290 Spirits preparing for heaven, or undergoing vastation.

1892 Harper's Mag. Mar. 608/1 That long passion of his early youth, which seemed to have vastated him before he came there. He was rather proud of his vastation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vastation
释义	vastationn. /vaˈsteɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1500s vastacion. Etymology: < Latin vastātiōn-, vastātio, noun of action < vastāre, < vastus waste. So Italian vastazione, Portuguese vastação. †1. The action of laying waste, devastating, or destroying. Also frequently, an instance of this. Obsolete (very common 1610–60). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 120^v Howe greate vastacions and destruccions in the chirche are there prophecied. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. i. §1. 157 The Greeks..doe still, as in former times, continue the inuasion and vastation of each other. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iii. 175 Thereupon insued a pitiful vastation of Churches and Church-buildings. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 383 No war, no sedition,..no vastation,..made so great a waste upon the religion..of that place. †2. The fact or condition of being devastated or laid waste. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > fact or condition of being devastated hershipc1540 vastation1578 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 63^v The whole masse of man..must needes haue runne in perpetuall ruine, and vastation. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 458 We lament their desolation and vastation. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxiv. 153 The sad spectacle of their countreys vastation would disturb their minds. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. c4^v It may be through the Lords mercy, this winters floud shall be for their mendment or fertility, and not for their utter vastation and ruine. 3. The action of purifying by the destruction of evil qualities or elements. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [noun] purginga1382 expurgationc1420 purgationc1425 undefoilingc1425 purgement1483 sublimating1559 sweetening1591 purgatory1596 purification1597 purge1598 depuration1603 refinement1611 castigation1615 lustrationc1635 purifaction1652 refreshing1719 depurating1762 epuration1800 neatifying1826 vastation1847 1847 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Wks. (1906) I. 328 He was let down through a column that seemed of brass,..that he might descend safely among the unhappy, and witness the vastation of souls. 1887 J. Ellis New Christianity xii. 290 Spirits preparing for heaven, or undergoing vastation. 1892 Harper's Mag. Mar. 608/1 That long passion of his early youth, which seemed to have vastated him before he came there. He was rather proud of his vastation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1545
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