deplication

English

Etymology

From Latin deplicare (“to unfold”), from de- + plicare (“to fold”).

Noun

deplication (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An unfolding, unplaiting, or untwisting.
   • 1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fifteenth Treatise. The Duties of a Christian towards Enemies. §. II. The Averseness to this Duty Ariseth from Our Corrupted Nature, Promoted by Divers Subtile Temptations of Our Great Enemy.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 274:

     [T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it.

References

• “deplication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• actinolepid, depictional, nepoticidal