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Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.

d what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak.

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott.

A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor.

Cauterization. Buchanan.

A turning towards; attention. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

ding; plea; advocacy. [Archaic] The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us. Jer. Taylor.

A rolling toward something. [R.]

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

Aërial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

ty induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

ssume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." Macaulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.

One who exhibits affectation. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. "The affections of quantity." Boyle. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Disposed; inclined. [Obs.] Affectionated to the people. Holinshed.

With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.