Meaning of jactation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The action of throwing.
   countable, uncountable
3. Boasting; bragging; showing off.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The projicient hath the stone in his hand, and with force and violence throws his arm, with which jactation the stone doth not move so much as the circumambient Air.”

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