vēlĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [velifico], a making sail, sailing.
I Lit.: mutatā velificatione, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21.—
II Trop.: velificatione plenā in rempublicam ferebatur, Amm. 18, 5, 6: velificatione tranquillā, ut aiunt, ferebatur ad gloriam, id. 29, 2, 22.