corrivation

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin corrivatio.

Noun

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corrivation (countable and uncountable, plural corrivations)

  1. (obsolete) The flowing of different streams into one.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      [] and so likewise about corrivations of water to moisten and refresh barren grounds, to drain fens, bogs, and moors.
  2. The concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.

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