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dotation.

The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/doʊˈteɪʃən/General-American/də(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.

    countable · literary · rare · uncountable
  2. A grant of revenues from territory conquered by the French Empire (c. 1804–1814).

    countable · historical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dotacion, from Late Latin dotatio, from Latin dōtāre (“to endow”). By surface analysis, dotate + -ion. In sense 3, borrowed from French dotation, ultimately from the same origin.

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