† Blandation

Obs. rare. [app. carelessly formed from BLAND v.² (or ? BLAND a.) + -ATION.]

  1.  Flattery.

1605.  Camden, Rem. (1637), 325. One had flattered William Longchampe … with this blandation.

  2.  A deception, illusion.

1612.  Chapman, Widowes T., V. For the corpse, sir … there’s no body; nothing. A mere blandation; a deceptio visus.