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单词 advesperate
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advesperatev.

Forms: 1600s aduesperate, 1600s–1800s advesperate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin advesperat-, advesperare, advesperāscere.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin advesperat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of advesperare (5th cent.), alteration of classical Latin advesperāscere to draw towards evening < ad- ad- prefix + vesperāscere to grow towards evening < vesper evening (see vesper n.) + -sc- (compare -ish suffix2). Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French †avesprer, also †avesprir (both 12th cent., used impersonally; both obsolete after the early 17th cent.).
Obsolete. rare (chiefly poetic).
intransitive. To grow dark, to become night.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall
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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).
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