ultimation
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʌltɪˈmeɪʃən/
Noun
ultimation
- (obsolete) The state of being ultimate; that which is ultimate or final.
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
- to know the real ultimation, as it is termed, of France upon the general plan of peace
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ultimation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- mutilation