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Jactitation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JAC'TITATION, n. [L. jactito,jacto. It ought rather to be jactation, L. jactatio.]
1. A tossing of the body; restlessness.
2. A term in the canon law for a false pretension to marriage; vain boasting.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation]
2: (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
3: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness [syn: jactitation, jactation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin jactitation-, jactitatio, from jactitare, frequentative of Latin jactare to throw — more at jet Date: 1665 a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Med. a the restless tossing of the body in illness. b the twitching of a limb or muscle. 2 archaic the offence of falsely claiming to be a person's wife or husband. Etymology: med.L jactitatio false declaration f. L jactitare boast, frequent. of jactare throw: sense 1 f. earlier jactation

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jactitation Jac"ti*ta"tion, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy.] 1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. --Mozley & W. 2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. --Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. --Blackstone.

Moby Thesaurus

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