compellation

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kom′pə lā′shən)


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com•pel•la•tion  (kom′pə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of addressing a person.
  2. manner or form of address;
    appellation.
  • Latin compellātiōn- (stem of compellātiō) an accosting, a rebuke. See com-, appellation
  • 1595–1605

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