Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TERM-IN-A'TION
TERM'IN-A-TINGTERM-IN-A'TION-AL
TERM-IN-A'TION, n.
- The act of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding.
- Bound; limit in space or extent; as, the termination of a line.
- End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year or of life; the termination of happiness.
- In grammar, the end or ending of a word; the syllable or letter that ends a word. Words have different terminations to express number, time and sex.
- End; conclusion; result.
- Last purpose. White.
- Word; term. [Not in use.] Shak.
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