cibation

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cibation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cibation \Ci*ba"tion\, n. [L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed.]
     1. The act of taking food.
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     2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents
        of the crucible with fresh material. --B. Jonson.
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