Obs. [f. L. fict- (rare), ppl. stem of figĕre to fix + -ATION. Cf. med.L. fictātiōn-em.] = FIXATION (of a volatile substance).
1612. Woodall, The Surgeons Mate, Wks. (1653), 271. Fictation is the assuefaction of volatil and spiritual bodies to fire by calcination, gentle and continual decoction, frequent sublimation, solution, and coagulation often iterated, or by addition of a matter fixed, that so they may endure fire and not flie away.
