coition
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of coition
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin coitiōn- (stem of coitiō ) “a coming together,” equivalent to coi-, variant stem of coīre “to come together” ( co- “together, with” + īre “to go”) + -tiōn- noun suffix; see co-, -tion
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Stallions suffering in this way will refuse to mount or, having mounted, will fail to complete the act of coition.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Terrestrial and magnetick coition and motion, when corporeal impediments are interposed, is demonstrated also by the efficiencies of other chief bodies due to their primary form.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
The motions of disjoined magnetical parts of the Earth, besides the motion of aggregation, are coition, revolution, and the direction of the parts to the whole, for harmony of form, and concordancy.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
Objection 1: It would seem that generation by coition would not have existed in the state of innocence.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The word Coitio, used by Gilbert for the mutual force between magnet and iron, has been retained in its English form, coition.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
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