单词 | denominative |
释义 | denominativeadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Having the quality or function of naming; characterized by giving a name to something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > giving a name to nominating1597 denominating1614 denominative1614 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 62 The same name [Cepha] giuen vnto Simon..must imply no more then a denominatiue reference vnto the rocke. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 151 The petty stream that runs thereby was denominative of the place. 1826 A. E. Bray De Foix II. ix. 267 High spiced wines, that the medical monk thus fenced with the denominative armour of physic. b. Of a word or term: Having the function of naming, denominating, or describing, as an attribute; characterized by denomination. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] onomastical1609 nuncupativea1620 denominativea1638 paronymical1653 nominative1844 onomastic1851 appellative1860 denominational1892 onomantic1914 a1638 J. Mede Disc. Divers Texts ii, in Wks. (1672) i. 6 The first we may call his Personal, the other his Denominative or Participated Name. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 9 A Name..not distinctive with respect unto His Personality, but denominative with respect unto His Work. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §5 Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from, the attribute which they connote. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > constituting a denomination denominative1678 1678 J. Hawkins Cocker's Arithm. ii. 29 The least denominative part of Time is a Minute, the greatest Integer being a Year. 3. a. Grammar. Formed or derived from a noun. [Compare Priscian Inst. iv. i. ‘Denominativa sunt, id est, a nominibus derivantur’. The Latin word was used by early translators of Aristotle to render Greek παρώνυμος derivative.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adjective] > derived from a noun denominative1783 denominal1959 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) vv Denominativus, adj. Denominative, that is, derived of a noun, as from dens comes dentatus. 1839 T. J. Conant tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Hebrew Gram. §85 Denominative nouns. 1. Such are all nouns which are formed immediately from another noun. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 131 Such denominative verbs, as they are called, abound in every member of our family. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > not original or derivative secondary1398 borrowed1571 third hand1598 denominative1624 second hand1654 second-handed1682 of second hand1708 unoriginal1749 uninventive1776 unoriginative1845 uncreative1855 hand-me-down1881 reach-me-down1907 cookie cutter1922 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 236 This holinesse being only relatiue, transitorie, and denominatiue, and not inherent or durable. B. n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] nemningOE namingc1300 denominationc1400 imposition1430 nominationc1450 callingc1475 nominiona1513 christening1528 nuncupation1532 Christendom1570 dedication1576 appellation1583 denominative1589 nomenclaturea1620 cognomination1623 nomenclaturing1803 name-giving1863 nominature1864 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. 153 He that said thus of a faire Lady. O rare beautie, ô grace, and curtesie... Whereas if he had said thus, O gratious, courteous and beautifull woman:..it had bene all to one effect, yet not with such force..to speake by the denominatiue, as by the thing it selfe. 1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike vii. 14 Peter is said to be valiant; here valiantnes is the Denominator, valiant the Denominatiue, Peter the Denominated; for Peter is the subject whereunto the Denominator doth cleaue. 2. Grammar. A word formed or derived from a noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > word derived from a noun denominate1628 denominativea1638 denominal1934 a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. ii. (R.) For sanctity and to sanctifie being conjugates or denominatives, as logicians call them: the one openeth the way to the knowledge of the other. 1839 T. J. Conant tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Hebrew Gram. 45 A peculiar kind of secondary verbs..are those denominatives, one of whose consonants, originally a servile, has become a radical. 1885 tr. Socin's Arabic Gram. 26 Denominatives with a concealed transitive meaning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1589 |
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