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d from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon.

ship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

liorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

The act ofworking together; united labor.

f being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

or the memory of some person or event. This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke.

The act of staying or residing in a place. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

borating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.

way of embellishment; ornament. The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley.

= Memorial Day. [U. S.]

Disgrace; dishonor. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act of deflouring; as, the defloration if a virgin. Johnson.

The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed.

The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.

The act of devouring. [Obs.] Holinshed.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.