单词 | advesperate |
释义 | † advesperatev. Obsolete. rare (chiefly poetic). intransitive. To grow dark, to become night. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall nighta1393 nighten1561 gloom1595 advesperate1623 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Aduesperate, to waxe night. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 39 Flaminius persisted on in his journey; but before he could reach the Citie Nicosia, it did advesperate. 1809 J. Hutton School for Prodigals iv. ii. 46 See, the red gleaming of the western skies, proclaims that day begins to advesperate! 1875 K. Rigbye Poet. Wks. 3 When the day advesperates they meet Within some neighbour's cot to hold debate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1623 |
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