单词 | caveat |
释义 | caveatn. 1. Law. a. A process in court (originally in ecclesiastical courts) to suspend proceedings; a notice given by some party to the proper officer not to take a certain step until the party giving the notice has been heard in opposition. Phrase, to enter a caveat or put in a caveat: also figurative see 2b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > a stay or suspension of proceedings > caveat caveat1654 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (intransitive)] > stay or suspend proceedings > enter a caveat to enter a caveat1654 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 45 A Caveat they found entred in the Bishops Office, by a Gentleman, one of the Petti-Bag, who pretended a Title. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Caveat, used among the Proctors, when a person is dead, and a competition ariseth for the Executorship, or Administratorship, the party concerned enters a Caveat, to prevent or admonish others from intermedling. 1669 A. Marvell Let. 18 Sept. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 258 I enterd caveats both at Mr Atturneys and Mr Sollicitors. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 145 A Caveat in Law..is an Intimation given to some Ordinary or Ecclesiastical Judge..notifying to him that he ought to beware how he acts in such or such an Affair. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 37. 1884 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 9 23 The..defendant, one of the next of kin, entered a caveat. b. caveat emptor [lit., let the purchaser beware] , let the purchaser examine the article he is buying before the bargain is completed, so that in case of disappointment after purchase he may not blame the seller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [phrase] > let the buyer beware caveat emptor?1523 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > with caution [phrase] > precaution proceeding purchase caveat emptor?1523 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxvi He [sc. the horse] is no chapmans ware yf he be wylde: but and he be tame and haue ben rydden vpon, than caueat emptor, be ware thou byer. 1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 75 Wee compell none to buy our Wares; Caueat emptor. 1809 H. More Let. 14 Aug. (1925) 139 Mr. C. in his last Review..feels it is his duty to say, ‘Caveat Emptor’. 1902 Econ. Jrnl. 12 12 Caveat emptor. It is the employer on whom the responsibility rests of testing the quality of the article he buys. 1950 T. H. Marshall Citizenship & Social Class iv. 133 The principle of caveat emptor is at least plausible when you are buying a horse. 2. transferred. a. A warning, admonition, caution. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > cautionary advice or admonition warningc1000 monishinga1382 admonition?c1400 monitionc1400 advertisementc1475 monishment1483 premonishment?1548 document1549 caveat1557 warner1565 commonition1566 monitory?1567 commonefaction1576 memento1580 lessoning1583 alarm1608 beacon1609 cautiona1616 documentation1753 heads up1977 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning or caution monition?a1475 caveat1557 take-heed1596 alarm1608 cautiona1616 precaution1658 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Yiiiv A caueat, to be ware of to moche confidence. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 58 Such od caueats, as I to the freendlye can vtter. 1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 50 A Caveat to you how you live. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. 248 Those Caveats, whereof Astrologers do every year warn the people. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 365. ¶1 I design this Paper as a Caveat to the Fair Sex. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 574 (note) A caveat against ostentatious bounty and favour to negroes. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. iii. 531 With this caveat let us now pass..to more complex cases. b. to put in or enter a caveat (in senses 2 & 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > give advice [verb (intransitive)] > give cautionary advice warnc1000 to put in or enter a caveat1577 caution1641 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn [verb (intransitive)] warna1000 premonish1549 to put in or enter a caveat1755 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. viii. sig. Kk.vij/1 It pleased the goodnesse of God by giuing ye lawe to put in a caueat..for the tranquillitie of mankind. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxiv. 602 They should put in a caveat, that he might have no libertie to warre upon the Ætolians. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xii. 37 She enters a silent caveat by a blush. 1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 116 Putting in a caveat against the ridicule of infidels. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) ii. x. 108 To enter a caveat against a misconception. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso conditionc1315 preveance?1316 purview1442 proviso1443 provision1450 saving1478 forprise1530 cautel1541 caveat1579 postulate1588 cautiona1593 non obstante1604 reservation1606 unless1606 reservancy1630 salvo1642 reserve1644 stipulation1792 reserver1807 get-out clause1912 clausula rebus sic stantibus1939 escape clause1945 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 370 M. Heskins fombleth out the matter with a foolish caueat, that..he suffreth not violence. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xxi. 196 Some were offered me for nothing, with this caveat, that..I must, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > a cautious action caveata1599 cautiona1616 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] > precaution > a precaution cautel1541 caveata1599 prevention1600 precaution1603 guard1609 cautiona1616 precautionary1748 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 80 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The cheifest caveat and provision in reformation of the north, must be to keep out those Scottes. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. vi. 54 Let them vse this Caueat especially; That they take but little at a time. 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) ix. 310 God laid in a caveat and provision for the encouragement of them. 5. U.S. Patent Law. ‘A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the office before the patent right is taken out, operating as a bar to applications respecting the same invention, from any other quarter’ (Webster). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > industrial property rights > conferred by patent > patent > description of invention lodged officially specification1791 caveat1879 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 256 A caveat, describing this invention, was filed by Gray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). caveatv. a. To enter a caveat or caution against. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > admonish > warn of or against warnc1000 warnc1000 warn1303 advertise1431 advise?c1450 admonish1546 dissuade?c1550 to set a watchword upona1586 diswarn1608 discounsel1629 disadvise1636 caveat1667 warn1765 precaution1768 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) on his guard > warn against (something dangerous) advertise1431 to set a watchword upona1586 caveat1667 precaution1768 1667 Naphtali 196 I would caveat this. b. To serve with a caveat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > stay or suspend proceedings > serve with a caveat caveat1707 1707 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 347 Charged or Caveated the Mr. of the Rolls that he should make out no Exemplification or Coppy thereof. 2. intransitive. To enter a caveat. (In modern dictionaries.) 3. Fencing. (intransitive) To shift one's sword from one side to the other of one's adversary's sword, to ‘disengage’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions traversea1470 to hold one's handa1500 flourish1552 lock1579 to come in1594 retire1594 pass1595 recover1600 redouble1640 allonge1652 caveat1652 parry1671 disengage1684 overlap1692 volt1692 tierce1765 whip1771 wrench1771 lunge1809 salute1809 riposte1823 cut1833 quart1833 repost1848 remise1889 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 228 In case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Caveating, or Disengaging, slipping the Adversary's Sword, when 'tis going to bind or secure one's own. 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing 82 A Man..forms with his Sword not only one, but sometimes (according as his Adversary shall Caveat or shun it) two or three Circles. Derivatives caveating n. ΚΠ 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing 82 This Contre-Caveating..is a Circular Parade. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Caveating is so necessary a motion in fencing, that without it, there could be scarce any offensive part. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.?1523v.1652 |
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