Obs. Sc. [ad. L. artātiōn-em, f. artāre to compress.] Pressure, urging, instigation.
1528. Acts Jas. V. (1814), 327 (Jam.). To geif thame artatioune to invaid his hieness.
1536. Bellenden, Cron., XII. iii. (Jam.). His wyfe impacient of lang tary … gaif hym gret artation to persew the thrid weird.
