Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A calling away; seduction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A calling off or away.
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- noun A
calling off or away.
Etymologies
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Latin devocare to call off or away; de + vocare to call.
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Examples
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Perhaps the Master, even now, sustained in the spirit, would put away the devocation ....
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I heard the voice, permitted to the devocation thin, metallic, offering the barter to the Master.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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