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inquination Now rare.|ɪnkwɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. late L. inquinātiōn-em (Vulgate), n. of action from inquināre to inquinate. Cf. obs. F. inquination (Godef.).]
The action of polluting, defiling, or corrupting; polluted condition. Also (with an and pl.), a defilement, a defiling agent. lit. and fig.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 257 For the kynde of lyht ys..That..It dyffoundyth the self wyth owte inquynacyoun. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) 2 Cor. vii. 1 Let us cleanse our selves from al inquination of the flesh and spirit. 1626Bacon Sylva §676–7 Their Causes, and Axiomes..are meere Inquinations of Experience, and Concoct it not. 1665Needham Medela Medic. 410 A venemous Miasma or Inquination affecting the bloud. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 293 It..obliterates putridinous Inquinations. 1890J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xii. 220 [This] saves God from any derogation of direct intromission with the inquination of sense. |
