TRALA'TION, noun [from Latin translatio.] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper, but more significant sense.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
TRALA'TION, noun [from Latin translatio.] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper, but more significant sense.
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