Acervation

//æ.sɚˈveɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A heaping up; accumulation obsolete, rare

    "Is it to be doubted that amongst these bodies which both we see and handle, which are either felt or feele, but that there are some compound? These are such by connexion or aceruation, as for example, a rope, corne, or a ship."

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accumulationagglomerationaggregateaggregationchunkcongeries

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"Is it to be doubted that amongst these bodies which both we see and handle, which are either felt or feele, but that there are some compound? These are such by connexion or aceruation, as for example, a rope, corne, or a ship."

Etymology

From Latin acervatio. Doublet of acervatio.

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