lation

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of lation

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
    “Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the Universe, exempt from any sort of lation.”
    “17th century, John Donne, Elegy XI: The Autumnal Since such love's natural lation is, may still My love descend, and journey down the hill, Not panting after growing beauties. So, I shall ebb on with them who homeward go.”

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Etymology

From Latin lātiō.

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