| 单词 |
defunction |
| 释义 |
defunction rare.|dɪˈfʌŋkʃən| [ad. L. dēfunctiōn-em execution, discharge, death, n. of action from dēfungī (see prec.).] Dying, decease, death.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 58 Foure hundred one and twentie yeeres After defunction of King Pharamond. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. ix. 380 Applying it to the daily defunctions of our penitence. 1813T. Busby Lucretius iii. Comment. iii, The soul..in cases of sudden defunction..will be entirely..dissipated before the body visibly decays. 1859Punch 2 July 8/2 That obnoxious potentate's defunction. |

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