accension

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noun

The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

OriginLatin accensiōnem →
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Meanings

nounaccension (plural accensions)

plural accensions

  1. obsoleteThe act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

    From Small-coal ensueth the black colour and quick accension; for neither Brimstone nor Petre, although in Powder, will take fire like Small-coal […]

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Origin

  1. Latinaccensiōnem
  2. Englishaccension

From Latin accensiōnem, from accendere.

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Anagrams

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