Obs. [ad. L. cibātiōn-em feeding, noun of action from cibāre to feed, f. cibus food.]
1. Alchem. Name of the seventh process, ‘feeding the matter.’
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., VII. i. in Ashm. (1652), 169. Cibacion ys callyd a fedyng of our Matter dry Wyth Mylke, and Mete.
1610. B. Jonson, Alch., I. i. B 3. Because o’ your Fermentation, and Cibation?
1662. Fuller, Worthies, III. 204. The twelve gates, leading to the making the Philosophers Stone … 1. Calcination … 7. Cibation.
2. gen. Taking food, feeding.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., 197. That diet is not to be altered easily, safely nor quickly from our accustomed cibations.
1860. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
