deplication

English

Etymology

From Latin deplicare (“to unfold”), from de- + plicare (“to fold”).

Noun

deplication (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.
    • 1648, Walter Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies
      an unfolding and deplication of the inside of this order

References
  • deplication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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