velitationn.

Brit.

/ˌvɛlᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌvɛləˈteɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1600s vellet-.

Etymology: < Latin vēlitātio, noun of action < vēlitārī , < vēlit- , vēles : see velites n.

Now rare.

1. A slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > skirmish

bicker1297

skirmishc1374

pointc1440

scourage1470

escarmouche1475

scrimmage1488

scrimmish1523

eskirmish1581

bickerment1586

velitation1616

pickeer1659

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Velitations, skirmishes, fightings.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. iv. 759 Let him but read those Pharsalian fields fought in France of late, for religion their Massacres,..and he shall finde ours to haue beene but velitations to theirs.

1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 160 If any one killed an Enemy in any Velitation or pickering when they fought man to man, he was rewarded with a Spear without a head, call'd Hasta pura.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) xxix. 265 In which latter species of employment it was his luck to hold frequent velitations with the enemy.

2. figurative. A wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, debate, or dispute not carried to extremes. (Very common in 17th cent.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of

flitec1000

plead1379

traverse1415

controversyc1430

disputation1557

tilt1567

wrangle1579

controverse1596

velitation1607

dispute1611

rixation1623

polemic1626

fireball1638

polemy1642

risse1684

polemical1808

spar1836

row1879

set-to1898

cag1916

barge1934

yike1976

stand-up2005

1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter ii. i. D 4 b Forbeare your idle velletations.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xxiv. 249 In all these velitations against their dear brethren..the Apologists..have not drawn much blood.

1679 R. Jenison Narr. Popish Plot Pref. 9 This Censure is but a light Velitation, if compar'd with that black charge of guilt.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. ii. 11/2 All the Velitations were peaceably furled up in this Result.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. §4 That question in Plato may have place among the velitations of philosophers; but a man can scarce propose it seriously to himself.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. viii. 178 While the ladies..were engaged in the light snappish velitation or skirmish, which we have described.

1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 905 The very best of his performances being mere velitations, skirmishes, or academic exercises.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	velitation
释义	velitationn. Brit. /ˌvɛlᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌvɛləˈteɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1600s vellet-. Etymology: < Latin vēlitātio, noun of action < vēlitārī , < vēlit- , vēles : see velites n. Now rare. 1. A slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > skirmish bicker1297 skirmishc1374 pointc1440 scourage1470 escarmouche1475 scrimmage1488 scrimmish1523 eskirmish1581 bickerment1586 velitation1616 pickeer1659 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Velitations, skirmishes, fightings. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. iv. 759 Let him but read those Pharsalian fields fought in France of late, for religion their Massacres,..and he shall finde ours to haue beene but velitations to theirs. 1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. 160 If any one killed an Enemy in any Velitation or pickering when they fought man to man, he was rewarded with a Spear without a head, call'd Hasta pura. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) xxix. 265 In which latter species of employment it was his luck to hold frequent velitations with the enemy. 2. figurative. A wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, debate, or dispute not carried to extremes. (Very common in 17th cent.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of flitec1000 plead1379 traverse1415 controversyc1430 disputation1557 tilt1567 wrangle1579 controverse1596 velitation1607 dispute1611 rixation1623 polemic1626 fireball1638 polemy1642 risse1684 polemical1808 spar1836 row1879 set-to1898 cag1916 barge1934 yike1976 stand-up2005 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter ii. i. D 4 b Forbeare your idle velletations. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xxiv. 249 In all these velitations against their dear brethren..the Apologists..have not drawn much blood. 1679 R. Jenison Narr. Popish Plot Pref. 9 This Censure is but a light Velitation, if compar'd with that black charge of guilt. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. ii. 11/2 All the Velitations were peaceably furled up in this Result. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. §4 That question in Plato may have place among the velitations of philosophers; but a man can scarce propose it seriously to himself. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. viii. 178 While the ladies..were engaged in the light snappish velitation or skirmish, which we have described. 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 905 The very best of his performances being mere velitations, skirmishes, or academic exercises. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1607
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