allision

Pronunciation: /əˈlɪʒən/

The English word “allision” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof.
The act of dashing against or striking upon.

Etymology

From Latin allisiō (“striking or dashing against”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from allīsus (“dashed or crushed against”), past participle of allīdō (“to dash or crush against”) (whence allide), from ad- (“to, toward, against”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence al- (“assimilated form of ad-”)).

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