单词 | defying |
释义 | defyingn.1 The action of defy v.1; a defiance, a challenge. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > act of challenging defyingc1300 defiancec1430 defialc1470 provocation1484 c1300 K. Alis. 7289 Alisaunder..hath afonge thy deffying. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 116 Defyynge, or dyspysynge, vilipencio, floccipencio. 1483 Cath. Angl. 94 Defiynge, despeccio, etc.; vbi a disspysynge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † defyingn.2 The action of digesting; digestion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [noun] > digestion defyingc1315 digestionc1386 digest1398 seething1398 concoction?1531 concocting1541 decoction1541 digesting1541 digesture1565 enduing1575 fleeting1581 elixation1621 coction1667 c1315 Shoreham 28 Ac [hyt]..defith nauȝt ase thy mete..Nabyd hyȝt nauȝt ase other mete Hys tyme of defyynge. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 162 Þese arterys goiþ to..þe lyvere & geveþ him vertu ful myche & makiþ defiynge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 116 Defyynge of mete or drynke, digestio. 1483 Cath. Angl. 94 A Defiynge, digestio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). defyingadj. That defies; defiant. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > defiant stout1390 outbraving1593 outfacing1598 dareful1614 defiatory1635 outdaring1644 braving1679 defensive1785 bravadoing1809 defying1834 defianta1837 1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1854) 309/1 His impetuous, adventurous and defying character. Derivatives deˈfyingly adv. defiantly, with defiance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adverb] > defiantly bravingly1616 acock1826 defyingly1831 defiantly1859 1831 L. E. L. in Examiner 821/1 The petticoat is defyingly dragged through the mud. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 19 I looked into his face defyingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1300n.2c1315adj.1831 |
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