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Definition: DEGRAVATION

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. The act of making heavy.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb degravationly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(degravationly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective degravation.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Degravation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Degravation \Deg`ra*va"tion\, noun. [Latin expression degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See Grave,]. (references)

Definition: DEGRAVATION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. The act of making heavy.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb degravationly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(degravationly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective degravation.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DEGRAVATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Degravation \Deg`ra*va"tion\, noun. [Latin expression degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See Grave,]. (references)