Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of bursting forth, or of escaping with a struggle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A struggling out of any difficulty.
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- noun obsolete A struggling out of any difficulty.
Etymologies
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Latin eluctatio.
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There is nothing more acceptable unto the ingenious world, than this noble eluctation [112] of truth; wherein, against the tenacity of prejudice and prescription, this century now prevaileth.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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