exantlation

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noun

The action of drawing something out, as though from a well.

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Meanings

nounexantlation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe action of drawing something out, as though from a well.

    [T]ruth which wiſe men ſay doth lye in a Well, is not recoverable but by exantlation.

    1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Credulity and Supinity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 13
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    [...] I do not doubt to lay open by Untwisting or Unwinding, and either to draw up by Exantlation, or diſplay by Inciſion.

    1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section I. The Introduction.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 47

Origin

From exantlate + -ation.

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