Obs. [ad. L. sūdātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. sūdāre (see prec.). Cf. F. sudation.] Sweating, perspiration. Also fig.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 157/1. If the Patient can attayne to sudatione before he goe to bedde.
1623. Cockeram.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Sudation, a sweating; a taking of pains.
1844. Heckerm Epid. Middle Ages, 266. An advocate of the twenty-four hours’ sudation.
