occecation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin occaecatio, from occaecare (“to make blind”), from ob + caecare (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/ === Noun === occecation (uncountable) (obsolete) The act of making blind Synonym: blinding The state of being blind. 17th century, Joseph Hall, Meditations (possibly?) It is an addition to the misery of this inward occecation. Synonym: blindness === References === “occecation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.