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The quality or state of being irrational. "Brutish irrationaliity." South.

In an irrational manner. Boyle.

Irrationality.

An unregenerate state. [Obs.]

The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with de [Obs.] Chambers.

Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon. What needs this iteration, woman Shak.

The act of lacerating.

A barking. [Obs.]

Levirate marriage or marriages. Kitto.

of liberating or the state of being liberated. This mode of analysis requires perfect liberation from all prejudged system. Pownall.

A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest. Libration of the moon, any one of those small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receive…

The act or process of representing by letters.

of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. Goldsmith.

The act of lustrating or purifying. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden.

The act or process of macerating.

Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon.

Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]

Maladministration.

A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. [R.]

The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.