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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, obsolete) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.).
As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]
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Nugation means (rare, obsolete) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.).
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]
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