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单词 disquisition
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disquisitionn.

/dɪskwɪˈzɪʃɛn/
Etymology: < Latin disquīsītiōn-em inquiry, investigation, noun of action < disquīsīt- , participial stem of disquīrĕre : see disquire v.
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.
b. elliptical. A subject or topic for investigation; a question. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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