Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB-TEN-E-BRA'TION
OB-TEN-E-BRA'TION, n. [from L. ob and tenebræ, darkness.]
A darkening; act of darkening; darkness. In every megrim or vertigo there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round. [Little used.] Bacon.
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