† DewittDe-Wittv.

/dɪˈwɪt/

Etymology: < the surname of the two brothers John and Cornelius De Witt, Dutch statesmen, opponents of William III as Stadtholder of the United Provinces, who were murdered by a mob in 1672.

Obsolete.

transitive. To kill by mob violence; to lynch.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > lynch

Dewitt1689

lynch1835

1689 Modest Enquiry into Present Disasters (1690) 32 It's a wonder the English Nation have not in their fury De-Witted some of those men.

1690 W. Sancroft Vindication 2 Such a Fury, as may end in De-Witting us (a bloudy word, but too well understood!).

1695 (title) Gallienus Redivivus; or, Murther Will Out, &c., being a true account of the De-Witting of Glencoe, Gaffney, &c.

1711 W. King et al. Vindic. Sacheverell 69 King William deserved to be De-Witted.

1724 in Lockhart Papers II. 162 Had Mr. Campbell himself been in town, they had certainly De-witted him.

1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 544.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 660.

1888 E. H. Plumptre Life Thomas Ken II. xviii. 1 Men..were stirring up the people to that form of ‘lynching’ which was then knowne as ‘De Witting.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	dewitt
释义	† DewittDe-Wittv. /dɪˈwɪt/ Etymology: < the surname of the two brothers John and Cornelius De Witt, Dutch statesmen, opponents of William III as Stadtholder of the United Provinces, who were murdered by a mob in 1672. Obsolete. transitive. To kill by mob violence; to lynch. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > lynch Dewitt1689 lynch1835 1689 Modest Enquiry into Present Disasters (1690) 32 It's a wonder the English Nation have not in their fury De-Witted some of those men. 1690 W. Sancroft Vindication 2 Such a Fury, as may end in De-Witting us (a bloudy word, but too well understood!). 1695 (title) Gallienus Redivivus; or, Murther Will Out, &c., being a true account of the De-Witting of Glencoe, Gaffney, &c. 1711 W. King et al. Vindic. Sacheverell 69 King William deserved to be De-Witted. 1724 in Lockhart Papers II. 162 Had Mr. Campbell himself been in town, they had certainly De-witted him. 1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 544. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 660. 1888 E. H. Plumptre Life Thomas Ken II. xviii. 1 Men..were stirring up the people to that form of ‘lynching’ which was then knowne as ‘De Witting.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1689
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