charitableadj.

/ˈtʃarɪtəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English charatable, Middle English–1500s cherytable, 1500s charytable.

Etymology: < Old French charitable, cheritable (13th cent. in Littré), < charité ; see -able suffix, and compare the later veritable, equitable. Italian has caritatevole; there was no Latin cāritābilis.

†1. Showing Christian charity or the love of God and man. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to Christian love > relating to or showing Christian love

charitable1340

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 145 And charitable, louiinde and louerede, uor hi deþ man parfitliche louie his nixte ase him-zelue.

c1375 J. Wyclif Comm. Luke Prol. (Bodl. 143) The meke and pore and charitable lyuyng of Crist.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxv. f. cviii Fyll to fastynge, and prayer, and contynued therin by a certayne of tyme with parfyte and Cherytable deuocyon.

1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) iv. ii. f. 106 The true louer of God (which is properly the charitable person:) is vnder no rule, but he is lorde aboue all lawes.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 189 See whether is more pacifique and charitable, and by consequent whether is the more Euangelicall.

†2. Tender-hearted; loving, kindly; well-disposed; benevolent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]

mildeOE

blitheOE

goodOE

well-willingOE

beina1200

goodfulc1275

blithefula1300

faira1300

benignc1320

gainc1330

sweetc1330

kinda1333

propicec1350

well-willeda1382

well-disposeda1393

well-hearteda1393

well-willinga1393

friendsomea1400

well-willya1400

charitablec1405

well-willed1417

good-heartedc1425

kindlyc1425

honeyed1435

propitious1440

affectuousc1441

willya1449

homelyc1450

benevolous1470

benigned1470

benevolent1482

favourousc1485

well-meaned1488

well-meaning1498

humanec1500

favourablec1503

affectionatea1516

well-mindedc1522

beneficial1526

propiciant1531

benignate1533

well-intendeda1535

beneficious1535

kind-hearted1535

well-given1535

affectioned1539

well-wishing1548

figgy?1549

good-meaning1549

affectedc1553

affectionated1561

well-natured1561

well-affected?1563

officious1565

well-inclined1569

good-natured1582

partial1587

graceful?1593

well-intentioned1598

beneficent1616

candid1633

kindlike1637

benefic1641

kindly-hearted1762

well-meant1765

benignanta1782

sweet-hearted1850

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 143 She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe if þ^t she sawe a Mous Caught in a trappe, if it weere deed or bledde.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii Consyderynge her gracyous and charytable mynde.

1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 Yt wold please yow of your cherytable goodnes.

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect Ded. Note sig. A2 The kinde acceptance of your charitable hands.

3. Full of active charity to others; esp. liberal in almsgiving to the poor.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity > charitable

almsfulOE

charitous1340

charitable?a1400

eleemosynarya1640

caritative1884

?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843) i. 213 With your charatable almes the poore man to comforte.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av Martha is magnyfyed for her godly hospytalyte and charytable dealynge to her neyghbours.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxvii^v And buylde vpon thy fayth by charytable werkes.

1602 Act 43 Eliz. c. 4 Which lands, tenements, etc...haue not beene imployed according to the charitable intent of the giuers and founders thereof.

1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D^v I thought it the charitablest deed I could doe.

1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times ii. xxiv. 122 He was more Charitable to relieve others.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 51 The burden of relieving distress will no longer fall wholly upon the charitable.

4. Connected with or devoted to a recognized object of charity, esp. as defined in the various statutes on the subject; of the nature of a charity.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity

charitable1597

charitative1647

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 241 If we conuert some..portion..to charitable vses.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 187 The first Protestant, who erected a charitable House of that nature.

a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 102 Each Grain of Charitable Gold, Is in the Book of Life enroll'd.

1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 115 The old monastic institutions, and charitable orders.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 15 The great statute of charitable uses is st. 43 El. c. 4.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxii. 174 The statutes for the better administration of Charitable Trusts.

1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. ix. 160 To aid some charitable object.

5. Inclined to think no evil of others, to put the most favourable construction on their actions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] > tolerant or forbearing > of faults of others

charitablea1626

censurelessa1681

understanding1913

a1626 F. Bacon Apophthegms in Wks. (1861) VII. 159 By a charitable construction it may be a sermon.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. v. 50 We will be more charitable then those that say that the Patriarch..did bewitch and bemad Godfrey.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 151 Such a provoking impudence, that the charitablest people in the world can't help reflecting upon it.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. xi. 101 Few men are charitable who remember not that they have sinned.

1846 J. E. Ryland in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 2 Allowed the charitable hope.

Compounds

C1. charitable-minded adj.

ΚΠ

1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ii. 73 Charitable-minded-men will know certainly where to dispose of their Charity.

C2.

† charitable economy n. [in French économie charitable] Obsolete the management of charitable institutions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	charitable
释义	charitableadj. /ˈtʃarɪtəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English charatable, Middle English–1500s cherytable, 1500s charytable. Etymology: < Old French charitable, cheritable (13th cent. in Littré), < charité ; see -able suffix, and compare the later veritable, equitable. Italian has caritatevole; there was no Latin cāritābilis. †1. Showing Christian charity or the love of God and man. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to Christian love > relating to or showing Christian love charitable1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 145 And charitable, louiinde and louerede, uor hi deþ man parfitliche louie his nixte ase him-zelue. c1375 J. Wyclif Comm. Luke Prol. (Bodl. 143) The meke and pore and charitable lyuyng of Crist. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxv. f. cviii Fyll to fastynge, and prayer, and contynued therin by a certayne of tyme with parfyte and Cherytable deuocyon. 1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) iv. ii. f. 106 The true louer of God (which is properly the charitable person:) is vnder no rule, but he is lorde aboue all lawes. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 189 See whether is more pacifique and charitable, and by consequent whether is the more Euangelicall. †2. Tender-hearted; loving, kindly; well-disposed; benevolent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 143 She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe if þ^t she sawe a Mous Caught in a trappe, if it weere deed or bledde. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii Consyderynge her gracyous and charytable mynde. 1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 Yt wold please yow of your cherytable goodnes. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect Ded. Note sig. A2 The kinde acceptance of your charitable hands. 3. Full of active charity to others; esp. liberal in almsgiving to the poor. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity > charitable almsfulOE charitous1340 charitable?a1400 eleemosynarya1640 caritative1884 ?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843) i. 213 With your charatable almes the poore man to comforte. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Av Martha is magnyfyed for her godly hospytalyte and charytable dealynge to her neyghbours. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxvii^v And buylde vpon thy fayth by charytable werkes. 1602 Act 43 Eliz. c. 4 Which lands, tenements, etc...haue not beene imployed according to the charitable intent of the giuers and founders thereof. 1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D^v I thought it the charitablest deed I could doe. 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times ii. xxiv. 122 He was more Charitable to relieve others. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 51 The burden of relieving distress will no longer fall wholly upon the charitable. 4. Connected with or devoted to a recognized object of charity, esp. as defined in the various statutes on the subject; of the nature of a charity. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity charitable1597 charitative1647 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 241 If we conuert some..portion..to charitable vses. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 187 The first Protestant, who erected a charitable House of that nature. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 102 Each Grain of Charitable Gold, Is in the Book of Life enroll'd. 1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 115 The old monastic institutions, and charitable orders. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 15 The great statute of charitable uses is st. 43 El. c. 4. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxii. 174 The statutes for the better administration of Charitable Trusts. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. ix. 160 To aid some charitable object. 5. Inclined to think no evil of others, to put the most favourable construction on their actions, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] > tolerant or forbearing > of faults of others charitablea1626 censurelessa1681 understanding1913 a1626 F. Bacon Apophthegms in Wks. (1861) VII. 159 By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. v. 50 We will be more charitable then those that say that the Patriarch..did bewitch and bemad Godfrey. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 151 Such a provoking impudence, that the charitablest people in the world can't help reflecting upon it. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. xi. 101 Few men are charitable who remember not that they have sinned. 1846 J. E. Ryland in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 2 Allowed the charitable hope. Compounds C1. charitable-minded adj. ΚΠ 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ii. 73 Charitable-minded-men will know certainly where to dispose of their Charity. C2. † charitable economy n. [in French économie charitable] Obsolete the management of charitable institutions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1340
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