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The act of nuncupating. [Obs.]

Extreme constipation. [Obs.] Hooper.

and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

Act of touching or feeling.

The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! Atterbury.

Anticipation of objections. [R.] South.

the act of becoming a pupa.

The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]

The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

zure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.

Extirpation. Dunglison.

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey.

Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.

Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.

ther dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.

Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison.

son skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.