单词 | disquisition |
释义 | disquisitionn. 1. a. Diligent or systematic search; investigation; research, examination. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] inspection1390 search1415 probationc1422 ensearchingc1430 surview1432 enserchise1436 overseeingc1449 sight1452 hearkeninga1483 discuting1483 ensearcha1509 inquiry1512 upsightc1515 perusing1556 perpending1558 overlooking1565 interview1567 trial1575 peruse1578 visitation1583 perspective?a1586 overviewing1590 looking over1599 sounding1599 perusal1604 supervise1604 disquisition1605 expiscation1605 prospect1625 ravellinga1626 disquiry1628 disquisitive1660 perpendment1667 inspecting1788 sleuthing1900 casing1928 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §28 The disquisition of great truthes requires time. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i Others have applyed their disquisitions to some particular Letters. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 123 Will you then, said he, in this Disquisition into Human Conduct, allow me this—That [etc.]. 1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. v. 166 On their Return from a Disquisition, as fruitless as solicitous, Nurse declared her Apprehensions, that Harry had gone off, with a little favourite Boy. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. iv. 150 A subject..of less subtle and difficult disquisition. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) i. 42 To make it a topic of distinct disquisition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of debate or discussion proposec1350 purposec1350 propositiona1382 problema1387 conclusionc1400 state of the causea1525 question1549 argumenta1568 thesis1579 disquisition1605 problem1645 consultation1663 consult1683 propos1816 issue1836 chat1861 debating point1927 battleground1931 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 214 Their growing vp, their flourishing..were a disquisition for the learned. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 4 (margin) The manner and order of attaining to Knowledge, is a subtil disquisition. 2. A treatise or discourse in which a subject is investigated and discussed, or the results of investigation set forth at some length; less correctly, a learned or elaborate dissertation on a subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] drawth1340 treatisea1375 commentc1400 treatc1400 treatyc1400 tract1432 tractate1474 disputationa1533 commentary1547 tractive1558 tractation1563 diatribe1581 examen1606 dispute1608 ergasy1637 hippiatrics1646 disquisition1647 dissertation1651 tractic1651 supernaturals1676 adenography1689 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xi. 17) Puzzling them with scholastical craggy disquisitions. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 66 Unhappy Man..On hypothetic Dreams and Visions Grounds everlasting Disquisitions. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlv. 293 In our foregoing disquisition we ventured upon the threshold of a Scythiac antediluvian hypothesis. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1854) II. 146 The constant subjects of their lively satire and eloquent disquisitions. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere i. 3 A learned disquisition on the alleged cruelty of sport. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1605 |
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