peragration

English

Etymology

From Latin peragratio: compare French peragration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɜːɹəˈɡɹeɪʃən/

Noun

peragration (plural peragrations)

1. (obsolete) The act or state of passing through any space.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:

     A moneth of Peragration is the time of the Moons revolution from any part of the Zodiack

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 peragration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)