| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SUFFIX: | 1a. Action or process: strangulation. b. The result of an action or process: acculturation. 2. State, condition, or quality of: eburnation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin - ti , -tin-, n. suff. : --, stem vowel of verbs in -re + -ti, -tin-, abstract n. suff.
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