apotelesm

apotelesm
noun (-s)
Etymology: Late Latin apotelesma effect, effect of the stars on human destiny, from Greek, from apotelein to complete, from apo- + telein to complete, from telos goal — more at wheel
archaic : the casting of a horoscope

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  • Apotelesm — A*pot e*lesm, n. [See {Apotelesmatic}.] 1. The result or issue. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apotelesm —   n. archaic, casting of horoscope …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • PLANETAE — I. PLANETAE Herodot. et Plinio, vide Planctae. II. PLANETAE stellae erraticae multis, Nigidio Errones dicti, apud A. Gellium, l. 14. c. 1. quinque antiquis tantum fuêre, a Veterib. Astrologis, in tres sectas, Chaldaicam, Aegyptiacam et Graecam… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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