n. [ LL. assecuratio, fr. assecurare. ] Assurance; certainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicuration. ] The act of taming. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF.curacion. ] Cure; healing. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obscurativ: cf. F. obscuration. See Obscure, v. t. ] The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. procuratio: cf. F. procuration. See Procure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of procuring; procurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The management of another's affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]