properation

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English

Etymology

Latin properatio.

Noun

properation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) haste; hurrying.
    • a. 1652, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet (sermon):
      There is great preparation of this banquet, properation to it, participation of it.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      Often handling of the withering Flowre [] is a properation of more swift decay.

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