ablactation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from Latin ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”),[1] from lac (“milk”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
ablactation (plural ablactations)
- The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
- (obsolete, horticulture) The process of grafting now called inarching, or "grafting by approach". [Attested from the late 17th century until the early 19th century.][1]
Translations [edit]
weaning
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
ablactation f (plural ablactations)
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