volitationn.

/vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology: < medieval Latin volitātiōn-, volitātio (Diefenb.), noun of action < Latin volitāre : see volitate v.

Flying, flight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > flying (as) with wings

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flyOE

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volitation1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 Birds or flying animals..are almost erect, advancing the head and breast in their progression, and onely prone in the act of their volitation .

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Volitation, a flying or fluttering about, or up and down.

1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. I. 382 The practical means of Volitation are to be sought for in the same mechanical means as those by which Birds fly.

1895 S. R. Hole Little Tour Amer. 193 The young rook..exercises in brief migrations..his powers of volitation.

in extended use.1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 175 The additional volitation acquired by such a stumble is rather apt to make you run your head plump against the next person.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	volitation
释义	volitationn. /vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/ Etymology: < medieval Latin volitātiōn-, volitātio (Diefenb.), noun of action < Latin volitāre : see volitate v. Flying, flight. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > flying (as) with wings flighta900 flyOE aflightc1225 volitation1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 180 Birds or flying animals..are almost erect, advancing the head and breast in their progression, and onely prone in the act of their volitation . View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Volitation, a flying or fluttering about, or up and down. 1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. I. 382 The practical means of Volitation are to be sought for in the same mechanical means as those by which Birds fly. 1895 S. R. Hole Little Tour Amer. 193 The young rook..exercises in brief migrations..his powers of volitation. in extended use.1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 175 The additional volitation acquired by such a stumble is rather apt to make you run your head plump against the next person. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1646
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