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delation

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De`la´tion
n.1.Conveyance.
In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them.
- Bacon.
2.(Law) Accusation by an informer.
delation
Obsolete, carriage; the act of conveying.
See also: Vehicles
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Shakespeare and Rhetoric: dilation and delation in Othello.
Reticence, a rhetorical strategy in Othelto/Otello: Shakespeare, ... by Bini, Daniela / Italica
Anonymous delation, it observes, "is a charter for sneaks.
To the Editors by Commonweal
It is as if the material resemblance between dilation and delation, for instance, prompted a semantic kinship between concepts as ostensibly diverse as "opening up" and "bringing charges against.
Shakespeare from the Margins: Language, Culture, Context by de Grazia, Margreta / Shakespeare Studies
 
 
 
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