adeption

English

Etymology

From Latin adeptio. See adept (adjective).

Noun

adeption (uncountable)

(obsolete) An obtaining; attainment.
- 1485, Richard III of England, letter to the chieftains of his army before the Battle of Bosworth Field:
  In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
  it beginneth with the mix'd adeption of a crown by arms and title

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “adeption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

antidope, antipode

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