单词 | descrying |
释义 | † descryingn.1 Obsolete. The action or an act of describing something (in various senses). Cf. descry v.2In quot. c1450: the action of taking a census (cf. descrive v. 2a, describe v. 3a). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] descrivingc1325 declaration1382 descriptiona1387 devisementc1400 descrying1440 presentmentc1454 describing1553 delineation1578 display1583 presentation1597 representationa1602 diction1604 characterism1608 deciphera1670 characterization1801 redescription1839 descriptivism1935 society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > registration descrivingc1325 descriptiona1425 descrying1440 brevementc1475 enrolment1552 register1563 registration?1566 booking1583 matriculating1585 registry1589 inrotulation1590 counterrolment1598 enregistering1604 taxation1686 re-registration1836 preregistration1928 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 119 Descrynge, descripcio. c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 20 Þis discrying was first made vnder Cirinus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2018). descryingn.2 The action or an act of descrying someone or something (in various senses of descry v.1); esp. perception, observation, discovery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] > from afar descrying1548 descry1604 descrial1606 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiii. f. lxxxixv Eche of them desyrous to be delyuered of this pensiue carefulnesse by the lordes discrying of the traytoure. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 72/2 in Chron. I Vpon the first discrying [1587 descrieng] of the enimies approche. a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 23 The descrying of the Coyne. ?1679 C. Jelinger Usury stated Overthrown iii. 222 This discrying of all taking of Use has been found an Error. a1729 S. Clarke Serm. (1731) VII. x. 223 Now we see through a glass darkly, as..through a descrying-glass. 1872 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 12 197 The lined character of this very minute organism would render the descrying of such a ‘muscle’ a great difficulty. 1904 T. Rain Browning for Beginners v. 119 The source..of our unreasoned and unreasonable aspirations, our presentiments, our dim descryings, our hopes and fears that cannot be uttered. 2006 P. F. Strawson in P. F. Strawson & A. Chakrabarti Universals, Concepts, & Qualities xv. 312 ‘Try again,’ says the teacher... ‘Ah! Now I see it,’ says the child. Such an assisted triumph of careful descrying should not be discredited. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11440n.21548 |
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