Arietation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of a battering ram, or similar. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions"

  2. 2
    The act of striking, attacking or conflicting. countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable

    "tumultuary motions, cross thwartings, and arietations of other particles, especially when for one way of hitting right, there are thousands of missing"

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"the strength of the percussion , wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions"

Etymology

Latin arietatio.

Related phrases

battering ram

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