decursion

English

Etymology

From Latin decursio, from decurrere. See decurrent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɜːʒən/

Noun

decursion (plural decursions)

1. (obsolete) A flowing.
2. (obsolete) A hostile incursion.
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     That what is decayed by that decursion of Waters is in some measure supplied

References

“decursion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Unicoders, cinderous, coinsured, decurions, insourced