different between somber vs rogation

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/

Adjective

somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

Verb

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

References

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• somber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bromes, ombres, sombre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

Inflection

Derived terms

• somberaar
• somberen
• somberheid
• sombermans

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rog?ti?, from rog? (“request”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????e?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o???e?.??n/

Noun

rogation (countable and uncountable, plural rogations)

1. A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use.

2. (historical, Roman antiquity) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.

Related terms

• interrogation
• rogatory
• subrogation

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