PROLATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] Ray.

2.
n.

The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

3.
n.

A mediæval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims. Busby.


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