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† ˈsignorize, v. Obs.
Also signiorize.
[f. signor + -ize, or ad. obs. F. signoris(s)-, signoriz-, lengthened stem of sign-, se(i)gnorir, f. seigneur seigneur. See also seignorize v.]
1. intr. To rule, reign, have or exercise dominion. Usually const. in or over.
α1594Kyd Cornelia iii. iii. 212 Now Caesar..Sits signiorizing in her seate. 1612J. Davies (Heref.) Muse's Sacr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 49/1 Let that which thou mad'st not, neuer signiorize O'er me that thou hast made. a1658J. Hewitt Serm. 171 (Todd), At the time that He was to come, Judah must lose the scepter; not then to rule or signiorize in Judah.
β1594Kyd Cornelia i. 55 So many Nations..Ore whom (saue heauen) nought could signorize. 1613tr. Mexia's Treas. Anc. & Mod. Times 26/2 To the perdition of him [Adam] who had bin Created to Signorize and beare Maistry over all Beastes in the World. 1651Howell Venice 24 Upon the Continent of Italie She [Venice] doth Signorize over three entire Provinces.
b. With it: To play the master. rare.
1611Cotgr., Faire le dessus, to domineere, to signorize it.
2. trans. To govern, control, exercise dominion or rule over (anything).
1594Kyd Cornelia iii. ii. 8 Rome, thou are tam'd, and th' earth..Doth laugh to see how thou art signiorizd. 1600Fairfax Tasso iv. xlvi, As proud as he, that signoriseth hell. 1602J. Davies (Heref.) Mirum in Modum Wks. (Grosart) I. 8/2 There doth shee sit..And by hir might doth signiorize the Minde. Ibid. 26/2 Alphons, the tenth that Spaine did signiorize.
Hence † ˈsignorizing vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
1588Kyd Househ. Phil. Wks. (1901) 261 Admonition..vttered with more austeritie and signiorising termes. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 89 Eleazer..was the first that seminarizd thys hope of signiorizing and freedome amongst them. 1609J. Davies (Heref.) Holy Rood Wks. (Grosart) I. 26/1 Fraile-Fleshes signiorizing Tyrant, fell. |