decursion

English

Etymology

From Latin decursio, from decurrere. See decurrent.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɜːʒən/

Noun

decursion (plural decursions)

(obsolete) A flowing.
(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

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