delibation
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin delibatio: compare French délibation.
Noun edit
delibation (plural delibations)
- (obsolete) Act of tasting; a slight trial.
- 1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tarwater, And divers other Subjects connected together and arising one from another:
- The principles of motion and vegetation in living bodies seem to be delibations from the invisible fire or spirit of the universe
References edit
- “delibation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.