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compellationenUK Related to compellation: compilation, edified, interrelated, assuagedcom·pel·la·tion C0525500 (kŏm′pə-lā′shən)n.1. The act of addressing or designating someone by name.2. A name; an appellation.
[Latin compellātiō, compellātiōn-, from compellātus, past participle of compellāre, to address; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]compellation (ˌkɒmpɛˈleɪʃən) n a rare word for appellation[C17: from Latin compellātiō, from compellāre to accost, from appellāre to call]com•pel•la•tion (ˌkɒm pəˈleɪ ʃən)
n. 1. the act of addressing a person. 2. manner or form of address; appellation. [1595–1605; < Latin compellātiō accosting, rebuke. See com-, appellation] |