VELITATION Definition & Meaning

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velitation

[ vel-i-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

a minor dispute or contest.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of velitation¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin ��ŧ��پ�ō��- (stem of ��ŧ��پ�ō “skirmish”), equivalent to ��ŧ��(�ܲ�), past participle of ��ŧ��ī, derivative of ��ŧ�� (stem ��ŧ��- ) “light-armed foot soldier” + -��ō��-; -ate ¹, -ion

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Velitation, vel-i-tā′shun, n. a slight skirmish.

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While the ladies in the tea-room of the Fox Hotel were engaged in the light snappish velitation, or skirmish, which we have described, the gentlemen who remained in the parlour were more than once like to have quarrelled more seriously.

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