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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)
- (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."
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 69: