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▪ I. commentary, n.|ˈkɒməntərɪ|
Also 6 comentarie.
[ad. L. commentāri-um, āri-us (in 16th c. F. commentaire, It. commentario), in its origin an adj. (sc. volumen, liber), f. comment-um: see comment and -ary. In classical L. used in the senses ‘note-book, book of memoranda, or memoirs’, also (in Gellius) of ‘annotations’. Isidore Orig. vi. viii. 5 explains, ‘Sunt enim interpretationes, ut commenta iuris, commenta evangelii’.]
†1. A collection of notes or memoranda; a notebook. Obs. rare.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. ii, The same emperour spake seldome openly, but out of a comentarie..that he had before prouided and writen. 1538Starkey England ii. i. (1871) 162 By a commentary to conserue and kepe in memory.
2. A memoir; in pl. memoirs, historical records (properly less formal and elaborate than a history); a treatise in explanation or exposition of some subject, as law or physic. (Chiefly Hist.)
1538Leland Itin. VI. 6 He wrote certen Commentaries concerning the Law. 1547Homilies i. Faith (1859) 36 He that readeth Cesars Commentaries..hath thereby a knowledge of Cesars life and notable acts. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. (1594) 197 We (Frenchmen) studie kitchin commentaries, as much as any good science. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. ii §2 Commentaries are they which set down a continuance of the naked events and actions, without the motives or designs, the counsels, the speeches, the pretexts, the occasions and other passages of action: for this is the true nature of a commentary. 1657(title), The Commentaries of Sir Francis Vere, being Diverse pieces of service wherein he had command, written by himself in way of Commentary. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. I. ii. 12 Caesar..has in one passage of the Commentaries compressed into a few lines all that he could ascertain about the Germans.
3. a. A treatise consisting of a systematic series of comments or annotations on the text of a literary work; an expository treatise following the order of the work explained.
1538Bale Thre Lawes 1623 The commentaryes of Auicen and Aueroyes. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 279 The commentaries of Landinus vppon the fourth boke of Virgyl his Eneades. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. Pref. to Contents, Wee want not good Commentaries to discover unto us the naturall sense of the Scripture. 1768Johnson Pref. to Shaks. Wks. IX. 301 It is to be lamented, that such a writer should want a commentary. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 249 Many volumes have been written by way of commentary on Dante and his Book.
b. transf. and fig. Anything that serves for exposition or illustration; a comment, remark; a running commentary.
1538Coverdale Prol. to N.T. Wks. II. 36 One translation..illustrateth another, and..in many places one is a plain commentary unto another. 1671Grew Anat. Plants Ded. Bp. Chester, How excellent a Commentary This [Nature] is on the Former [the Scriptures]. 1748J. Mason Elocut. 14 A just Pronunciation is a good Commentary. 1811, etc. [see running ppl. a. 17 e]. 1814Scott Wav. xxiv, Waverley made no commentary..on the manner of the treatment. 1843Prescott Mexico vii. ii. (1864) 223 Godly persons..whose lives might be a fitting commentary on their teaching. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. vi, Mortimer laughed again, with his usual commentaries of ‘How can you be so ridiculous, Eugene!’ and ‘What an absurd fellow you are!’
c. A description of some public event broadcast or televised as it happens; also, a description accompanying a cinema film or other exhibition, etc.
1927, etc. [see running ppl. a. 17 e]. 1930B.B.C. Year-bk. 1931 102 The above events were dealt with either by commentaries broadcast while the event was taking place, or by accounts by eye-witnesses broadcast after the event. 1935Discovery Sept. 276/2 Listening the other evening to an excellent commentary upon a championship fight. 1970BBC Handbk. 53 Radio 2..carries commentaries on major sporting events of all kinds.
▪ II. ˈcommentary, v. rare.
[f. prec. n.]
†1. intr. To make a commentary, to comment on. Obs.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia iv. 119 To commentary vpon all these proceedings.
2. trans. To annotate.
1648J. Goodwin Right & Might 41 Chrysostome..commentarieth the place, thus. 1904Churchman (U.S.) 4 June 705 A Bible commentaried to suit the fancies of human imaginings. |