Obs. [f. as prec.; see -ATION.] Stumbling; sudden stoppage in a course.
1653. R. Baillie, Dissuasive Vind. (1655), 1. Mr. Cottons clear cespitation on the threshold.
1654. Trapp, Comm. Ps. xxiii. 3. Wherein I may walk … without cessation or cespitation.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 128. An instantaneous Asthma, together with a cespitation of the animal Spirits.
