insession

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/ɪnˈsɛʃən/

noun

The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.

OriginLatin insessio →
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Meanings

nouninsession (plural insessions)

plural insessions

  1. The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.

    Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath.

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
  2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.

    Insessions be bathing tubs half full.

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latininsessio
  2. Englishinsession

From Latin insessio, from insidere, insessum (“to sit in”). See insidious.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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