moration

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noun

A delay.

OriginLatin moratio →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteA delay.

    we ſhall ballance the ſame with the concernment of it motion, and time of revolution, and ſay he is more powerful in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the Apogeum, for therein his moration is ſlower

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmoratio
  2. Englishmoration

Latin moratio.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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