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ation(dictionary)
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Asylum (medicine) and ation (iou)


Asylum (medicine)


asylum
Old term for an institution for the housing and care of those who by reason of age or mental or bodily infirmities are unable to care for themselves.

Origin: L. Fr. G. Asylon, a sanctuary, fr. A-priv. + syle, right of seizure


ation (iou)



-ation suffix.
[(Old French -aci(o)un, mod. -ation, from) Latin -atio(n-) suffix combining -(T)ION with verb stems in -a(t)-.]
Forming nouns denoting verbal action or an instance of it, or a resulting state or thing. Most such English words, as creation, moderation, saturation, etc., have corresp. verbs in -ATE3, but some do not, as capitation, constellation, duration, etc. Others are formed directly on verbs in -IZE, as civilization, organization, etc. The remainder correspond to a verb without suffix, derived from French, as alteration, causation, formation, vexation, etc.; the suffix was thence applied to words of various origin, as botheration, flirtation, starvation, etc. Cf. -FICATION.