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Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. [Obs.] Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl.

A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism.

One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron.

angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

See Delapsion. Ray.

Fatigue. Able to continue without delassation. Ray.

A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.

n, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration. To respect the dispensations of Providence. Burke.

Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon.

A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. [Obs.] Bacon.

orcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. [Obs. & R.] Feltham.

art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.

The offering of incense. [R.] Encyc. Brit.

The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation. Sir T. Browne.

Indorsement. [Obs.]

The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.

The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. [R.] Carlyle.

The act of making soft or supple. [Obs.] Bacon.

Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.