Estuation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An agitation or commotion. archaic

    "So is it with men in ambition, when fayling of the meane to exalt their Nature, they are in a perpetuall eſtuation to exalte theyr Place."

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"So is it with men in ambition, when fayling of the meane to exalt their Nature, they are in a perpetuall eſtuation to exalte theyr Place."

Etymology

From Middle English estuacioun, estuation, from Latin aestuātiō. By surface analysis, estuate + -ion.

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