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Meaning of "labefaction" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LABEFACTION

From Late Latin labefactiō, from Latin labefacere shake, from lābī to fall + facere to make.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LABEFACTION

labefaction  [ˌlæbɪˈfækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABEFACTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Labefaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LABEFACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of labefaction in the English dictionary

The definition of labefaction in the dictionary is deterioration; weakening.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABEFACTION


arefaction
ˌærɪˈfækʃən
benefaction
ˌbɛnɪˈfækʃən
calefaction
ˌkælɪˈfækʃən
dissatisfaction
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
faction
ˈfækʃən
liquefaction
ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən
madefaction
ˌmædɪˈfækʃən
olfaction
ɒlˈfækʃən
petrifaction
ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən
putrefaction
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən
rarefaction
ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-satisfaction
ˌselfsætɪsˈfækʃən
stupefaction
ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən
tabefaction
ˌtæbɪˈfækʃən
tepefaction
ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən
torrefaction
ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən
tumefaction
ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən
unsatisfaction
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækʃən
vivification
ˌvɪvɪˈfækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABEFACTION

labanotation
labara
labarum
labdacism
labdanum
Labe
labefactation
label
labelable
labeler
labella
labellable
labellate
labelled
labeller
labelling
labellist
labelloid
labellum

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABEFACTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of labefaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «labefaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABEFACTION

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The translations of labefaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «labefaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

labefaction
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

labefaction
570 millions of speakers

English

labefaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

labefaction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

labefaction
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

labefaction
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

labefaction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পতন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

labefaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Labefaction
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

labefaction
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

labefaction
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

labefaction
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Labefaction
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

labefaction
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रियाशीलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

labefaction
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

labefaction
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

labefaction
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

labefaction
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

labefaction
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

labefaction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omverwerping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

labefaction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

labefaction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labefaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABEFACTION»

The term «labefaction» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.658 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABEFACTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «labefaction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «labefaction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about labefaction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABEFACTION»

Discover the use of labefaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labefaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
—Shakespeare. Macbeth, V, iii, 22. labefaction (la-bee-fak'shən) n. 1. a weakening, undermining, overthrowing—especially in reference to moral principles or the downfall of an established order. 2. used physically: a shaking or weakening.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
LABEFACTION n. Jt Shaking, weakening, and/or downfall. "Not in Who's Who yet, Carstairs? Even after three years in Congress? Never mind — those who deserve labefaction always achieve it in the long run." LAEVOROTATORY a.
Peter Bowler, 1992
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The London Medical and Physical Journal
Sometimes we sep the hectic of genius in both sexes, — that rapid action which accompanies precocity of intellect, where there is neither lesion nor labefaction of any organ — producing similar effects. " Whenever the pituitary membrane of ...
‎1824
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Some Account of John Webster and His Writings. The White ...
And though Helmont with the experiments of his Gehennal fire and some other solid arguments, labour the labefaction of this truth, yet doth he not prove that they are not Hypostatical principles, but onely that they are not the ultimate reduction ...
‎1830
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Nature
Then collecting himself, as it were to give a heavy stroke; " There is in it such a labefaction of “ all principles, as may be injurious to morality.” B0s'mell's _')' ohuson. * A very eminent physician, whose discernment is as acute and penetrating in ...
John Ireland, 1791
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
... kar Kurd: pend Kursaal: cura kymatology: keu II kyphosis: keu II Kyrie eleison: keu II. L. laager: legh labarum: leb labefaction: dhe I, leb label: leb labellum: Feb labial: Feb labiate: Feb labile: Feb labiodental: Feb labium: Feb. 537 labium.
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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“The” Quarterly Review
... to the same principle—that Mr. Charles and Mr. Robert Grant —-brought up, as it were, at the feet of Gamaliel, in a salutary abhorrence of the excesses in politics and the labefaction in morals which are the characteristics of revolution,--that, ...
‎1831
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Treason, Popery, &c. Brought to a Publique Test: with Regard ...
_'-_'=.,a 'I I (38)' -' other. Because, admittin that Adam was cloth'd in Origi1 . _ nal Riglrteoustufi, when le had his Dominionbestow'd up* ' von him; et it is clear, that the same Right was continu'd 1" to him a ter the Labefaction of his Innocence.
‎1680
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An Essay Concerning Tussis Convulsiva, Or, Whooping Cough: ...
Sometimes we see the hectic qfgeuius in both sexes, that rapid action, which accompanies precocity of intellect, where there is neither lesion, nor labefaction of any organ, producing similar effects. A Whenever the pituitory membrane of the  ...
Benjamin Waterhouse, 1822
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Selected Literary Essays
... they were rather defending necessary severity and sternly realistic theology against wanton labefaction — penance and 'works' and vows of celibacy and mortification and Purgatory against the easy doctrine, the mere wish-fulfilment dream, ...
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper, 1979

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABEFACTION»

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Veteran Corrie McCrorie of Mears Middle School was tripped up by the evil schwa in "labefaction," a word that has never appeared in the Daily ... «Anchorage Daily News, Mar 13»

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