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Webster 1913 Edition
Emboitement
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Emˊboîte′mentˊ
,Noun.
[F., fr.
emboîter
to fit in, insert; en
in + boîte
box.] (Biol.)
The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
Buffon.
Definition 2024
emboîtement
emboîtement
English
Noun
emboîtement (uncountable)
- (biology, archaic) The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Buffon to this entry?)