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literation
/ ˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən /
noun
- the use of letters to represent sounds or words
Example Sentences
From contending with conservative judges to introducing slow-moving literation, experts share their insight into what must be done to re-orient America’s approach to immigration.
I ordered my year-old "Maisie" the other day to be sent to you, and I trust she will by this time have safely arrived—in spite of some ambiguity in the literation of the name of your villa as, with your letter in my hand, I earnestly meditate upon it.
Transliteration of single Greek words and short phrases is shown in the same way; the longer Greek passages from the introduction are given at the end of the e-text.
Thus it is with the following sentence of Sir Thomas Browne's, wherein it is difficult to decide whether the rhythm or the literation contributes the larger share to its symmetry of sound:—"But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity."
Thus it is with the following sentence of Sir Thomas Browne’s, wherein it is difficult to decide whether the rhythm or the literation contributes the larger share to its symmetry of sound:––“But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.”
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