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单词 charact
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charactn.

Brit. /ˈkarakt/, U.S. /ˈkɛˌræk(t)/
Forms:

α. Middle English carette, Middle English carocte, Middle English karect, Middle English–1500s caracte, Middle English–1500s carecte, Middle English–1500s carrect, Middle English–1600s carect, 1500s carracte, 1500s karecte, 1600s caract, 1600s carract, 1600s karrect.

β. Middle English–1500s charecte, 1500s charect, 1500s charrect, 1500s charrecte, 1500s–1600s characte, 1600s– charact.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French caracte.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman karecte, Anglo-Norman and Middle French caracte, carecte, Middle French caract, caratte spell, magic rite, charm (last quarter of the 12th cent. in Old French), magical sign (mid 14th cent.), distinctive mark, symbol (a1374), letter (beginning of the 15th cent.) < classical Latin charactēr character n. The β. forms show alteration of the spelling after classical Latin charactēr or (in later use) character n. Compare Old French characte magical sign, charm (end of the 12th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation).Compare Old Occitan carata, charata brand on an animal's body (14th cent. or earlier), Spanish †caracta symbol, letter (a1250), Italian †caratta indelible stain of original sin (a1306).
Now historical and rare.
1.
a. A distinctive mark made on a surface, in early use often spec. on the body; a brand, a stamp, an inscription; a symbol; a letter; a numerical figure. Cf. character n. 1, 3a, 3b. Obsolete.In quot. 1530 spec. = minim n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > written character > [noun]
printa1382
charactc1384
character1490
figure1597
symbolc1620
graph1933
society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun]
marklOE
signc1300
charactc1384
signaclec1384
badge1526
earmark1551
character1597
signature1605
stampa1616
designation1646
signation1646
insignition1660
signate1662
ear tag1876
ken-mark1885
laundry mark1924
pink triangle1950
sigillum1966
society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device
printc1300
charactc1384
characterc1384
incuse1818
punching1838
rubber stamp1873
by-stamp1884
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xiv. 11 If ony man toke the carecte [L. caracterem] of his [sc. the beast's] name.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xx. 4 Hem that worschepiden not the beest..nether token the carect [c1400 Adv. carectis; L. caracterem] of it in forhedis, or in her hondis.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 80 Þorw carectus þat cryst wrot.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 583 Auailed neueradeel..carectes of his woundis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 166 Sum seable cros or mark or carect.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 203/1 Carracte in pricke song, minime.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 96 The very charactes or markes of the infernall beast.
1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxi. 427 These three charactes [L. characteribus; sc. χ, ξ, ς].
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 183v Figures or charactes of number commonly vsed in Arithmetique.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 56 In all his dressings, caracts, titles, formes. View more context for this quotation
1655 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. x. 21 An altar..which must have its prints and carects.
1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 63 The written Alphabet ought to be just so many single proper Charactes, designed to signifie the Sound or Power of each Letter.
b. A piece of writing; (in plural) scriptures. Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun]
rounOE
pagine?c1225
writ-rounc1275
dite1340
writing1340
paperc1390
scripturea1400
writinga1400
charactc1400
textc1400
papera1500
black and white1569
page?1606
character1609
litera scripta1660
matter1683
legend1822
screed1834
reading1836
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 90 (MED) Crystes carecte [a1450 Bodl. carectes, a1500 Oriel caractes; c1450 Rawl. carette] conforted and bothe coupable shewed.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 42 The Ægyptians..described him [sc. God] in their holy Carects as a Pilot alone gouerning a Ship.
2. A magic spell or charm; a cabbalistic or magical sign or emblem. Cf. character n. 2a.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > sign or symbol used in
characta1393
character1449
circle1529
triangle1584
post-writing1621
magic circle1654
sigil1659
hag track1836
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2340 (MED) He upon the creatures, Thurgh his carectes and figures, The maistrie and the pouer hadde.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 470 Whan that a man..With his carecte him [sc. a serpent] wolde enchaunte.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1571 Of Sorcerie the karectes.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 2244 Bi carectis and incantaciouns..The yerde be-gan budde.
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 694 By nycromancy, By carectes and coniuracyon.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvij To Christen..with Salt, Oile, Water, Charactes and exorcismes.
1728 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) III. i. viii. 90 A Jacobine Frier..gave him some Characts in Paper, and certain little Bones.
1843 T. J. Pettigrew Superstitions connected with Hist. & Pract. Med. & Surg. 45 Amulets in the form of Inscriptions are called Characts.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xv. 142 Inscribed with talismans and characts.
1913 F. H. Garrison Introd. Hist. Med. (1914) i. 33 Talismans..often consisted of written charms or ‘characts’, such as the Hebrew phylacteries or verses from the Bible, Talmud, Koran, or Iliad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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