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taction

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tac·tion  (tkshn)
n.
The act of touching; contact.

[Latin tcti, tctin-, from tctus, past participle of tangere, to touch; see tact.]

taction [ˈtækʃən]
n
Obsolete the act of touching; contact
[from Latin tactiō a touching, from tangere to touch]

tact, taction - Tact first referred to the sense of touch, from Latin tactus, "touch, sense of touch"; taction is the action of touching.
See also related terms for touching.


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  The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is
It seems the minds of these people are so taken up with intense speculations, that they neither can speak, nor attend to the discourses of others, without being roused by some external taction upon the organs of speech and hearing; for which reason, those persons who are able to afford it always keep a flapper
 
 
 
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