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In some senses, averruncation is marked as archaic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
bad
AVERRUNCATION + NOUN
diseases, epidemicall
noun
(The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Quest[ion]. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull ? Answ[er]. [etc.]
BY Theurgick or Telestick Rites they conceived that they could procure a communication with the good Dæmons, and expulsion or averruncation of the bad.
Eradication, uprooting.
Quest[ion]. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull ? Answ[er]. [etc.]
WiktionaryBY Theurgick or Telestick Rites they conceived that they could procure a communication with the good Dæmons, and expulsion or averruncation of the bad.
Wiktionary[…] Pliny allows them [sc. mice] to have been always an ill omen, and therefore you should be advised to prepare against it either by averruncation or traps.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, averruncation is marked as archaic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.