repassion

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noun

The reception of an effect from one body to another.

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Meanings

nounrepassion (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe reception of an effect from one body to another.

    As it happens to fire, which by its efficacy fully compensates all repassion brought from the wood, so that, if fuel never fail, it is not diminished or extinguished; nay, rather as plenty of proportionate fuel increaseth, it is augmented.

    1860, Michael George Duignan, Positive Facts, Without a Shadow of Doubt

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Anagrams

aspersion
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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