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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]


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  The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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