Meanings
noundecursion (plural decursions)
plural decursions
- obsoleteA flowing.
- obsoleteA hostile incursion.
That what is decayed by that decursion of Waters is in some measure supplied
a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC
Origin
- Latindecursio
- Englishdecursion
From Latin decursio, from decurrere. See decurrent.
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decursion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decursion
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“decursion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decursion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decursion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decursion.
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