ANIMATION, signifies the informing of an animal Body with a Soul.
Thus the Fetus in the Womb is said to come to its Animation, when it begins to act as a true Animal; or after the Female that bears it is quick, as the common way of Expression is. See FETUS.
The common Opinion is, that this happens about 40 days after Conception. But Ver, Florentinus, in a Latin Treatise entitled, "Homo Dubius, sive de Baptismo Abortivorum," shows this to be very precarious. See CONCEPTION, ANIMATION, etc.
ANIMATION
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