Meanings
noundecertation (plural decertations)
plural decertations
- obsoletecontest for mastery; contention; strife
a decertation between the disease and nature
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC1 more example
The nearer we approach an adversary (within just limits) in these rational decertations, the less he can have to say against us
1691, John Howe, letter to Dr. Wallis
Origin
- Latindecertatio
- Englishdecertation
From Latin decertatio, from decertare, decertatum, from de- + certare (“to contend”).
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