inustion

English

Etymology

See ustion.

Noun

inustion (plural inustions)

1. (obsolete) The act of burning or branding.
   • a. 1687, Henry More, The Interpretation Generall:

     Is that memory that is seated in the Mundane spirit of man , by a strong impression , or inustion of any phantasme , or outward sensible object , upon that spirit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “inustion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• unionist, unitions