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单词 recanter
释义 I. recanter1|rɪˈkæntə(r)|
[f. recant v.1 + -er1.]
One who recants or retracts.
1589J. Rider Biblioth. Schol. s.v. Recant, A recanter, or he that recanteth, palinodicus.1607Shakes. Timon v. i. 149 The publike Body, which doth sildome Play the re-canter.1689Hickeringill Modest Inq. iv. 29 Heaven is fill'd with no glorified Saints, except Recanters.1826W. E. Andrews Rev. Foxe's Bk. Mart. II. 52 A recanter, a prevaricator, and frontless liar.
II. recanter2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. recant v.2]
(See quot.)
a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 428 To recant;..to say over the same again (in which sense the cuckoo, of all birds, is properly called the recanter).
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