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n. [ Cf. F. amélioration. ] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. “Amelioration of human affairs.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of working together; united labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act of willingly cooperating with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

n. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
Syn. -- collaborator, quisling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commemoratio. ] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commoratio. ] The act of staying or residing in a place. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concorporatio. ] Union of things in one mass or body. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a society, which is preserved by a succession of members, either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by the power that formed it, by the death of all its members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college, the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A corporation sole consists of a single person, who is made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him some legal capacities, and especially that of succession, which as a natural person he can not have. Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a corporation sole without the word “successors” in the grant. There are instances in the United States of a minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as public and private; public being convertible with municipal, and private corporations being all corporations not municipal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Close corporation. See under Close. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. corroboration. ] 1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which corroborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decoloratio: cf. F. décoloration. ] The removal or absence of color. Ferrand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration. ] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called Memorial Day, and established as the last Monday in May, and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in all wars of the United States. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ L. dedecoratio. ] Disgrace; dishonor. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. defloratio: cf. F. défloration. ] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deploratio: cf. F. déploration. ] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deterioratio: cf. F. détérioration. ] The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. devoratio. See Devour. ] The act of devouring. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. decoloration. ] 1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. dulcoratio. ] The act of sweetening. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. édulcoration. ] 1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [ R. ] Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elaboratio: cf. F. élaboration. ] 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. evaporatio: cf. F. évaporation. ] 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is evaporated; vapor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Exauthoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exoratio. ] Entreaty. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl.

n. [ Cf. F. expectoration. ] 1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration. ] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

“An exploration of doctrine.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. imperforation. ] The state of being without perforation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. impignoratio: cf. F. impignoration. ] The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. imploratio: cf. OF. imploration. See Implore. ] The act of imploring; earnest supplication. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incorporatio: cf. F. incorporation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) (a) The act of creating a corporation. (b) A body incorporated; a corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The interweaving of branches of trees. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irroration. ] The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew. [ Obs. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Increase; enlargement. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. marmoratio. ] A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. melioratio. ] The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. minoratio: cf. F. minoration. ] A diminution. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. moratio. ] A delaying tarrying; delay. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray. See Oral, Orison. ] An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Address; speech. See Harangue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deliver an oration. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. perforation. ] 1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. “Slender perforations.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. peroratio, fr. perorate, peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to speak. See Per-, and Oration. ] (Rhet.) The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; the solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio, fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration. ] 1. The act of pledging or pawning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Prefloration. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]