Obs. [f. L. ex(s)ilī-re (see EXILIENT) + -TION.] A leaping or springing up or forth.

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. v. 88. Sulphur and small-coale mixed will not take fire with noise, or exilition.

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1656–81.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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1711.  J. Greenwood, Eng. Gram., 194. This ing … is used … to denote a single, but not manifold, exilition or leaping up.

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1755.  in Johnson.

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