| 释义 |
† conˈdog, v. Obs.
Also 6 condogge.
[Conjectured to be a whimsical imitation of concur (cur = dog); but no evidence has been found of its actual origin.]
intr. To concur, agree.
1592Lyly Galathea iii. iii. 247 Often doth it happen, that the just proportion of the fire and all things concurre. R. Concurre, condogge, I will away. 1623Cockeram ii, To Agree, Concurre, Cohere, Condog, Condiscend. 1637Heywood Royall King iii. Wks. 1874 VI. 47 Clown [to Bawd] Speake, shall you and I condogge together? 1649News-Lett. 11 Jan. in Clarendon St. Papers II. App. 4 So both juntos are agreed to condog together. 1678Littleton Lat. Eng. Dict., Concurro, to concur, to condog.
(A circumstantial statement purporting to relate how this word originated at the preparation of Littleton's Lat. Eng. Dictionary is a notable instance of the fictions put in circulation before the history of words was investigated.) |