English Explanatory Dictionary

patefaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.

Word forms

patefaction patefactions

Etymology

From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”).

Related words

patefy
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