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compellation

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com⋅pel⋅la⋅tion

  [kom-puh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of addressing a person.
2. manner or form of address; appellation.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L compellātiōn- (s. of compellātiō) an accosting, a rebuke. See com-, appellation
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com·pel·la·tion   (kŏm'pə-lā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of addressing or designating someone by name.

  2. A name; an appellation.


[Latin compellātiō, compellātiōn-, from compellātus, past participle of compellāre, to address; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.]
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