opitulation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin opitulatio, from opitulari (“to bring help”).
Noun edit
opitulation (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of helping or aiding; assistance.
- 1642, Lord Lithe, An Armie for Ireland:
- for the railing of some auxiliary opitulation
References edit
- “opitulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.