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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

enodatio

explanation, fr.

enodare

to free from knots. See

The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty.

[R.]

Bailey.

Noun.

[L. enodatio, from enodo, to clear from knots; e and nodus, a knot.]

The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying.

Solution of a difficulty. [Little used.]

enodation ‎(plural enodations)

An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.
(by extension) The solution of a difficulty.
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