tadunation

[Lat. adunatio = a uniting, a union; aduna = to make one ad uno to unite; unus one.] 1. The act or proce of making one. 2. The state of being made one. to, and There is an analogy between this word and atonement, both in etymology and signification, except that a dun at i on is from Latin and atonement from English adat ; un one; ation = ment. [ATONEMENT.] "When, by glaciation, wood, straw, dust, and water are supposed to be united into one lump, the cold does not cause any real union or or a dun at i on ; a dun at i on but only hardening the aqueous parts of the liquor into ice, the other bodies being accidentally present in that liquor, are frozen up in it, but not really united."-Boyle.