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Colluctation

Colˊluc-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
colluctatio
, fr.
colluctari
to struggle with;
col-
+
luctari
to struggle.]
A struggling; a contention.
[Obs.]
Colluctation
with old hags and hobgoblins.
Dr. H. More.

Definition 2024


colluctation

colluctation

English

Noun

colluctation (plural colluctations)

  1. (obsolete) struggling, conflict, strife
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 69:
      " [] and the shadowy Melancholy intangles her in colluctation with old Hags and Hobgoblins, and frights her with dead mens faces in the dark."