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taction

American  
[tak-shuhn] / ˈtæk ʃən /

noun

  1. touch; contact.

taction British  
/ ˈtækʃən /

noun

  1. obsolete the act of touching; contact

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Etymology

Origin of taction

1615–25; < Latin tāctiōn- (stem of tāctiō ) a touching, equivalent to tāct ( us ) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -iōn- -ion

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The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

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