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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

suffossio

, from

suffodere

suffossum

, to dig under;

sub

under +

fodere

to dig.]

A digging under; an undermining.

[R.]

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

[L. suffossio; sub and fodio, to dig.]

A digging under; an undermining.

suffossion ‎(plural suffossions)

A digging underneath; an undermining.
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