† immuˈtation Obs.
[ad. L. immūtātiōn-em, n. of action f. immūtāre: see next. Cf. obs. F. immutation.]
Mutation, change, alteration, transformation. (In quot. 1704 = hypallage.)
| c 1540 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 195 The younger abatid their pride, while they endevored novelties and immutation. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xii. (Arb.) 175 Defect, or surplusage..or immutation in the same speaches..altering either the congruitie grammaticall, or the sence, or both. 1647 H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxiii, What delightfull immutations Of her soft flowing vest we contemplate! 1669 Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. iii. §10 Which reason of the immutation of this Light, is given by Moses, Gen. i. 14. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn., Hypallage or Immutation, a Grammatical Figure..As in this Instance, Dare Classibus Austros, instead of Dare Classes Austris. |