estuation
nounUK /ˌɛstjʊˈeɪ̯.ʃən/ · US /ˌɛst͡ʃuˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English estuacioun, estuation, from Latin aestuātiō. By surface analysis, estuate + -ion.
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Archaic An agitation or commotion.
- So is it with men in ambition, when fayling of the meane to exalt their Nature, they are in a perpetuall eſtuation to exalte theyr Place.1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 74, recto:
- [T]he nearer vve come to this confixture unto that ſtability, the leſs obnoxious vve ſhall be to the eſtuations of joys and fears, or the anxiety of vvonder in all contingencies: […]1648, Walter Montagu, “The Sixteenth Treatise. Considerations upon the Unsuccessfulness of a Good Cause. §. V. The Infirmity of Our Nature Comforted by Examples, Holy and Prophane; and the Acquiescence to Gods Order with Constancy, Perswaded.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 305:
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- He that looks no higher than the course of affairs in the world, can never have any firm peace in his own soul; but trust easeth of all fears, cares, and estuations of mindc. 1677, Thomas Manton, “a sermon”, in The Complete Works of Thomas Manton:
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