arietation

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noun

The use of a battering ram, or similar.

OriginLatin arietātiō →
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Meanings

nounarietation (countable and uncountable, plural arietations)

plural arietations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe use of a battering ram, or similar.

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

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Vicissitude of Things”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
  2. countablefigurativelyobsoleteuncountableThe act of striking, attacking or conflicting.

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

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinarietātiō
  2. Englisharietation

From Latin arietātiō, from arietāre, from ariēs.

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APA

arietation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arietation

MLA

“arietation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arietation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arietation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arietation.

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