单词 | concertion |
释义 | † concertionn. Obsolete. 1. A joining together; an association. rare. ΚΠ 1722 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot Crit. Hist. Establishm. Bretons I. i. 204 All the rest, namely, the Project of Bernard to have Nominoé assassinated, his Concertions [Fr. liaisons] with another Courtesan, the Hopes of plundering Bretagne..are all the pure Invention of our Author. 2. The action of concerting a plan or design; an instance of this.The sense of quot. 1745 is not entirely clear (see note in etymology). ΚΠ 1745 E. Young Consolation 71 What Order, Beauty, Motion, Distance, Size! Concertion of Design, how exquisite! 1798 A. Proudfit Serm. 9 There appears to have been a transaction awfully solemn, between Jehovah the Father and his Son, at the concertion of this wondrous plan. 1844 United Service Mag. Feb. 274 A commotion upon the right caused a sort of halt among the horsemen, though, of course, without any command or concertion. 1895 W. G. Zeigler It was Marlowe 200 Whether the meeting was of her own concertion, with a nameless man or with her husband,..did not seem of importance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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