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▪ I. opine, n. Biochem.|ˈəʊpiːn|
[f. octopine n.: cf. lysopine n.]
An amino acid whose molecule contains a guanido group.
1977J. Tempé et al. in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LXXIV. 2848/2 The Ti plasmid, which is present in all virulent strains of the crown gall bacterium, has been found..to code for specific amino acids—the opines—of which octopine..and nopaline..are examples. 1985Nature 19 Dec. 601/1 Opines have..been shown to act as specific inducers of the transfer (tra) genes carried on Agrobacterium tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmids. 1987Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. XXXVIII. 223 Asparagus stem sections were challenged with Agrobacterium, and again opine production was evident.
▪ II. opine, v.|əʊˈpaɪn|
[ad. L. opīn-ārī (also -āre) to be of opinion, think, judge; cf. F. opiner, in 15th c. oppiner (Littré), It. opinare (Florio 1598).]
1. intr. or with obj. clause: To express an opinion; to say that one thinks (so and so).
1598Dallington Meth. Trav. M ij b, Where hee opineth of the maner of seruice, he sayth: of Archers, the English are the flower. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 53 Some opined, That they must goe by Arborosa. 1628Sir R. Le Grys tr. Barclay's Argenis 209, I cannot tell who they are against whom I haue opined. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 3 All opining, that some one is to be chosen. 1797J. Lawrence in Monthly Mag. XLVI. 215 The answerer..opines that the old enmity and rivalship subsisting between France and this country..are beneficial to both. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. vii, Mr. Squeers yawned fearfully, and opined that it was high time to go to bed. 1884Athenæum 6 Dec. 725/3 Without pain, he opines, there would be no gratitude to God, no pity towards man.
b. esp. To express or pronounce a formal or authoritative opinion; to give one's opinion in council, etc. Now rare.
1581Savile Tacitus, Hist. ii. xxvii. (1591) 106 Once by fortune Heluidius Priscus Prætor elect had opined against a matter which Vitellius affected. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. ii. (Arb.) 154 In all deliberations of importance where counsellours are allowed freely to opyne and shew their conceits. 1600Holland Livy xlviii. 1237 Cornelius Nasica opined and said, That hee saw as yet no iust and sufficient cause of warre. 1744Armstrong Preserv. Health (1807) 36 Thus the Coan sage opin'd. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 45 The stability of the administration is opined upon, according to the indications of the barometer of that variable atmosphere, the breath of Kings. 1866M. W. Freer Regency of Anne of Austria I. i. 31 [They] all opined for the Regency. 1891Law Times XCI. 224/1 Lord Coleridge opined that even brokers and dealers are not exempt from the general regulations imposed by the Ten Commandments.
2. To form a judgement on grounds insufficient for positive proof; to hold an opinion, or to hold as one's opinion; to think, suppose.
a. trans. (usually with obj. clause).
1611Beaum. & Fl. Philaster i. i, And from you..do I Opine myself most happy. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 133 Men were left at liberty to opine what they pleased. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 232 Opining to revise a Structure new. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 95 Both the same thing opine, Both have the same Design. 1865Trollope Belton Est. ix. 99 The clergyman would opine that he was simply a reprobate. 1871Ruskin Fors Clav. vi. 4 You fancy, doubtless, that I write my ‘opinions’—..You are much mistaken. When I only opine things, I hold my tongue; and work till I more than opine—until I know them.
b. intr.
1656[? J. Sergeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 106 They, whose brain is of a thin, and hot constitution,..opine rashly and changeably. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 302 We should..choose to opine with them. 1881M. Pattison in Academy 12 Feb. 110 You may opine upon everything under the sun. |