[ad. L. lacrimātiōn-em, n. of action f. lacrimāre, f. lacrima tear.] The excretion or shedding of tears; weeping.
1572. Scholeho. Wom., 767, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 134. Mighty Sampson two wiues had,… The first him caused by lacrimacion His probleme to hear.
1651. Biggs, New Dispens., 181. There doth weep forth the lachrymations of an ichorous substance.
1863. R. F. Burton, Abeokuta, I. 204. The priest will squirt capsicum … into the eyes of the accused, and lacrymation proves guilt.
1872. Darwin, Emotions, vi. 171. A strong light acting on the retina, when in a normal condition, has very little tendency to cause lacrymation.
