insession

English

Etymology

From Latin insessio, from insidere, insessum (“to sit in”). See insidious.

Noun

insession (plural insessions)

  1. The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.
    Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath. — Holland.
  2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.
    Insessions be bathing tubs half full. — Holland.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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