(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:54:48

Pe*ric`li*ta"tion (?), n. [L. periclitatio: cf. F. p'ericlitation.]

1.

Trial; experiment.

[Obs.]

2.

The state of being in peril.

[Obs.]

 

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