incantoning

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noun

union or division into cantons.

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Meanings

nounincantoning (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableunion or division into cantons.

    fearing the Proteſtant Intereſt might receive by it too great a Strengthening, propos'd at the ſame time the Incantoning of Conſtance, as a Counterpoiſe

    1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 517

Origin

From in- + canton + -ing.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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