单词 | elative |
释义 | elativeadj.n.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] elative1595 1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus sig. B3v By their attracted moyst humiditie, Drawne from a certaine vertue elatiue, Whence raine his generation doth deriue: Seeke more than their accustom'd nutriment. b. That elates, causes elation. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] > causing elation elative1838 1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 125 Thither shall gratitude's feelings elative wend. c. Grammar. Having a superlative or intensive force. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > that which intensifies intensive1813 intensative1853 magnificative1875 intensitive1879 elative1906 intensifier1931 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > intensifying intensive1608 enhancive1853 ascensive1857 intensative1872 elative1906 1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 78 In the NT the obsolescence of the superlative, except in the elative sense, is most marked. 1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 79 Mt 1120 may show the elative—‘those very numerous mighty works’. 1906 J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Greek I. v. 97 The repetition of an adjective produces an elative. 1915 A. H. McNeile St. Matt. 59/2 Ἐλάχιστος..may be elative, ‘very small’. 1922 F. J. Foakes-Jackson & K. Lake Beginnings Christianity II. 505 This is what the grammarians call an elative superlative. d. Grammar. Denoting the case used in some languages to express motion away from. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > other spec. polyptote1656 instrumental case1801 allative1831 adessive1852 abessive1854 instructive1857 caritive1860 comitative1860 juxtapositive1880 similative1884 illative1890 translative1890 introessive1903 perlative1937 lative1939 patient1939 ergative1943 elative1951 non-objective1954 superessive1971 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > other specific cases ablativec1400 instrumental1801 prepositional1824 allative1854 adessive1855 sociative1859 comitative1860 terminative1865 abessive1869 common case1869 translative1869 instructive1879 essive1890 transitional case1890 superessive1895 prepositional case1897 similative1903 lative1939 perlative1953 elative1959 1860 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1857 34 The declension of the personal pronouns [in the Tushi language] is as follows..Elative..Comitative..Terminative. 1951 Archivum Linguisticum 3 i. 60 An elative-ablative type of case suffix. 1959 J. C. Catford in R. Quirk & A. H. Smith Teaching of Eng. vi. 186 Roughly the same field is covered by the system of ‘local cases’ in Finnish.. ‘illative’..‘ablative’..‘elative’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.n.1595 |
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