Obs. rare1. [ad. L. *labascentia, noun of state f. labascĕre to totter: see -ENCY.] Tottering state or condition.

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a. 1657.  R. Loveday, Lett. (1663), 174. He that can take commission from his own sloth, to let fall the thred of a friendly intercourse, betrayes a labascency and a languor in his amicable resentments.

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