RECORDATION

Etymology

Noun

recordation (countable and uncountable, plural recordations)

(legal) The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.

Source: Wiktionary


Rec`or*da"tion (rk`r*d"shn), n. Etym: [L. recordatio: cf. F. recordation. See Record, v. t.]

Definition: Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 January 2025

AFOREMENTIONED

(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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